David Cameron is the Conservative Party's biggest electoral asset. ConHome subscribes to Mike Smithson's view that the Tories do better in the polls when the Tory leader is in the news. There is a real danger, however, that Mr Cameron...

Yvette Cooper MP, Labour's Chief Secretary to the Treasury, responding to David Cameron's speech at the London School of Economics today, said: "David Cameron has confirmed the Conservatives would do nothing to boost the economy right now. "The Tories would turn their backs on families and businesses just when they need real help to get through tough times. "David Cameron has shown he wo...

David Cameron has warned the Conservative Party that they face a "real fight" at the general election.

Yvette Cooper MP, Labour's Chief Secretary to the Treasury, responding to David Cameron's speech at the London School of Economics today, said: "David Cameron has confirmed the Conservatives would do nothing to boost the economy right now. "The Tories would turn their backs on families and businesses just when they need real help to get through tough times. "David Cameron has shown he wo...

David Cameron has warned the Conservative Party that they face a "real fight" at the general election.

One habit the Tory party should aim to cure itself of in 2009 is its over-reliance on David Cameron to gets its message across. Some Tories defend the heavy use of Cameron by arguing that he is both the party’s most attractive face and the only way they can guarantee getting their message reported in the media. But using Cameron for nearly all high-profile announcements presents other member...

The real question is: why did this split take so long to come up at all? Did the Tories really think Cameron would have withdrawn entirely from the Lisbon Treaty or from the EU? The new EU policy is a joke for precisely that reason: there has never been a coherent plan hatched by Cameron to deal with Europe. All they did was try to ride the populist tabloid outrage at Euro-myths.

Gary Titley MEP fires a broadside at Cameron’s Conservatives in Europe: “…Tories are still Tories. David Cameron might claim they have changed, but we see the real face of the Conservatives in the European parliament. In the last year alone Tory MEPs voted against fighting the trafficking of women, energy efficiency, the Fundamental Rights Agency and

David Cameron's promise of a smaller state has finally given the Conservatives real moral force says Janet Daley.

Stephen Timms MP, Labour's Treasury Minister, responding to David Cameron's comments in today's Telegraph, said: "Unless the Conservatives can explain how they will pay for this commitment, it remains an empty promise - for all Cameron's warm words he opposed Labour's measures to give real help now to pensioners. The fact remains the Tories would do nothing to help familie...