Two different stories today, unconnected in one way but both – particularly when put together – speaking volumes for the current state of the Conservative Party. Obviously, panic or disagreements are in no way involved. Not at all. First we have ConservativeHome’s take on the party starting to use YouGov in addition to Populus: Up until now

A former government economist explains her comments that the government could panic and Britain would perform worse then other countries in terms of growth.

I'm starting to get the uncomfortable feeling that the Government is increasingly making up the law as it goes along, without any thought for establishing a coherent whole. The latest example is, according to the BBC, a proposal England and Wales that will allow people who kill after suffering domestic abuse to escape a murder conviction. I am

Anne Applebaum has an interesting piece over at Slate arguing that while the reaction to swine flu may have been overblown, we should ultimately be grateful for it: Before "that panic was ridiculous" becomes the conventional wisdom, let's be frank about it: Where infectious diseases are concerned, panic is good. Panic is what we want. Without panic, nothing happens. Up to 500 millio...

It's hard to see how things could be worse. Ambrose Evans-Pritchard - who, while not exactly of a sunny temperament, has been more accurate about our present discontents than any other commentator - is now "seriously worried that the British government is losing control". The eloquent Fraser Nelson frankly admits that the...

Panic? Are we supposed to panic? Or stop panicking?

Is it any surprise that there was panic selling on the London Stock Exchange last week? Investors in banks knew that the Government's recapitalisation plans would dilute their shareholdings, and there was a risk that the Government would be likely to interfere in banks' decision-making. Investers more generally were spooked by the knock-on effects of struggling banks and the directi...

In early January, Egypt starting deporting Eritrean refugees  -- somewhere between 45 and 65 are thought to have been sent home. These refugees tried to enter Isreal through the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. And the deportations say much less about the refugees themselves than the perilous but staunch relationship between Israel and Egypt. In short, Israel has turned up the pressure on Egypt in r...

It is clear from the panic measures in this week's PBR, that H M Treasury have twigged that the British economy is falling off a cliff and that the markets are starting to consider the possibility that the British Government will even default on its legally binding obligations to its creditors. It is clear that the apparent prosperity of the Blair-Brown years was an illusion. Instead we had s...

Joshua's Army member Zeb G. sent me a link to this speech Senator Robert Menendez ( D-NJ) made on the Senate floor on June 16, 2009. In thirteen minutes, the Senator rebutted the key parts of President Obama's shameful nonsense in the president's Cairo speech about Israel in superlative fashion and summarized why the US alliance with Israel is of major importance to both countries. ...