For the uninitiated, the Trade Union and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) is preparing to stand in the London Assembly elections. Although it claims to be a new project, it clearly represents continuity with previous attempts to create a left of Labour electoral project. This is evidenced by the fact that the London campaign is being organised

For the uninitiated, the Trade Union and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) is preparing to stand in the London Assembly elections. Although it claims to be a new project, it clearly represents continuity with previous attempts to create a left of Labour electoral project. This is evidence by the fact that the London campaign is being organised

Yesterday Tim Montgomerie wrote a depressing piece on Conservative Home, reporting the views of Number 10 stating that Conservative victory in the 2015 election would be difficult if not impossible, and that a further period of Coalition with the Lib Dems might be the best outcome. This pessimism was based on the inability of Conservatives

The MP for the City, Mark Field, wonders on a Conservative Home blog entry whether or not the eventual success of the campaign to get Stephen Hester to return his bonus is something of a pyrrhic victory. Mr. Field makes many apposite comments, not least his dislike of the unpleasant campaign of denigration waged against Mr. Hester. There was a lynch-mob mentality to it, and the ensuing media discu...

Back to Conservative Home for this enthusiastic piece by Bruce Anderson, who praises the calibre and unity of the present Conservative governors. He may be a little over the top, but it makes lovely reading all the same. On the key relationship between Cameron, Osborne and Hague, Anderson has this to say: They enjoy each other's company. There is a lot of laughter, but also a lot of serious busine...

Is this the way forward towards a Conservative election victory next time? Conservative Home's Tim Montgomerie identifies the five key policies that a "right-wing party with a heart" could use to win over a majority of the electorate. It's an interesting agenda, returning the debate once again to the issue of how to ensure a right-wing party can best promote the interests of 'one nation' rather th...

It was a pleasure on my return home from a New Year week-end celebration to read on my website that people had kindly voted for me to be nominated as backbencher of the Year by Conservative Home. I was also pleased to see Douglas Carswell, Philip Davies, Jacob Rees Mogg and David Nutall had done

              Tim Montgomerie on Conservative Home has pointed out that not many party members go to conference any more.  The main parties now stage big annual events for the corporate guests, lobbyists and media. They provide a platform for Ministers and Shadow Ministers to make their announcements. Leaders heave a sigh of relief i...

Liam Fox's friends are beginning to rally round, none more so than the determinedly right-wing Conservative Home website part owned by Lord Ashcroft. Conservative Home remains broadly suspicious of the modernising agenda of the Cameroons, and have pre-empted his possible desire to remove Dr. Fox - a perennial political opponent - with a detailed defence of the accusations swirling around the belea...

It's a sad sign of the times when Trotsky makes more sense than a soi-dissant conservative home secretary, but here we are with our cities burning and Theresa May is still jabbering about policing by consent. That will be some negotiation, all right: maybe she's hoping she can get them to agree to only loot one in every two shops? Of course, this is par for the course for the Nu Tories. The essenc...