All the Prime Minister has left is negative rhetoric, he has lost his spine...
David Cameron’s interesting statements on housing benefit have been widely interpreted as one of several ‘differentiation’ positions opening up in the later part of the coalition as an early election...
View ArticleDavid Cameron must push ahead with ambitious ‘age of reform’
Should David Cameron fail to win the next general election for the Conservatives, much will be postulated about his leadership and about the coalition’s time in government. One of the over-arching...
View ArticleReshuffle must mark turning point for Coalition
Amongst all the comment and chatterati activity over the last few days, it dawned on me that such was the scale of this reshuffle that immediate comment would have been extremely knee-jerk. The...
View ArticleOwen Jones: Does inequality matter?
Does inequality matter? The leading lights of New Labour certainly thought not. ‘We are intensely relaxed about people getting filthy rich,’ Peter Mandelson once famously boasted, with the caveat ‘as...
View ArticleEd Miliband: Is it ‘just politics’, or do we deserve better?
I watched Ed Miliband’s speech on television on Tuesday, and I found it, and him, impressive. Having met him once, and having been astonished to find him so impressive in the flesh, I had always been...
View ArticleThis party conference season was a major milestone in Ed Miliband PM prospects
It was a tough task for David Cameron today. Last week in Manchester Ed Miliband delivered a sensational piece of oratory. I, like many others, cannot recall any specific issue he spoke about, but...
View ArticleDefeat over Europe is an opportunity for David Cameron
After watching roughly three hours of the debate on the EU budget, there was one thing that really rattled my cage. This was the repulsive stench of hypocrisy and stark opportunism emanating from the...
View ArticleWhy do people argue that David Cameron is failing, and where has he gone wrong?
Following the 2010 election, the Conservative Party, proudly led by David Cameron, found themselves in power for the first time since 1997. While this should have been thought of as a triumphant...
View ArticleEd Miliband needs to change how public views him
In politics a picture is worth a thousand words. What is the first image that comes into your head when someone says Ed Miliband? One probably cannot think of one. That is the problem. What about if I...
View ArticleDrugs: The current system has failed, we deserve a new one
Before reading the House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee’s new report, Drugs: Breaking the Cycle, I already knew the current system had failed and needed to change. To anyone who has not yet...
View ArticleThe Conservative Party must prove this year that it is the party for minorities
David Cameron’s call at the end of 2012 to encourage ethnic minority voters to the Conservative Party was exactly what I wanted to hear approaching what will be another year in austere times. While...
View ArticleAlthough Cameron’s speech was great, it means nothing if we are not in power...
Before everyone starts celebrating the promise David Cameron has made, that a referendum on our position in the EU will be held after the next election, or, even worse, starts planning their EU exit...
View ArticleUK Politics: A brand new electoral system fit for a coalition age
Here’s an idea – an idea for a completely new electoral system. Let me explain the background first. I have to say that before this Coalition government emerged, I thought the idea of a coalition...
View ArticleGay Marriage: Are we witnessing the death of the Conservative Party?
The Conservative-led Coalition Government that came to power in May 2010 has, in all honesty, failed. Despite its claims of reducing the deficit and creating jobs, their master plan has fallen apart....
View ArticleGay Marriage: A battle worth winning for David Cameron
As the dust settled on what undoubtedly was one of the most momentous votes in recent Common’s history, the Conservative Party High Command can consider themselves fairly content with the outcome and...
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