Iain hits the nail on the head when he highlights the problem the Conservative party has with the internet in general and bloggers in particular: George Osborne may have mentioned the internet in a couple of speeches, but the Conservative Party as a whole has performed lamentably. It has paid lip-service to the idea of online campaigning

The US conservative majority's staunch opposition to an industry-backed internet regulation proposal by the FCC shows the party is engaged in a race to prove its credentials

A second poll out tonight comes from YouGov in the Sunday Times. The topline figures, with changes from YouGov’s last poll taken the day of the pre-budget report, are CON 41%(+1), LAB 35%(-1), LDEM 15(+1). The poll was conducted on the 11th and 12th December. While there is a slight increase in the Conservative lead, there

Channel 4 news has a new YouGov poll of marginal seats. The poll covered Labour held Conservative target seats that require a swing between 3% and 7% to capture, the logic being that those “low hanging fruit” are certain Conservative gains in the present environment, so the battleground becomes those seats the Conservatives need to

The Conservative Party is claiming to be the “party of the internet” with the appointment of Jeremy Hunt as “online spokesman“. Writing on the Blue Blog, he said: It’s not enough just to have the best policies or the right people in politics these days. What’s the point of having a debate if the message doesn’t

Channel 4 have released a new YouGov poll of marginal seats that projects a Conservative majority of between 60-70 seats were it to be repeated at a general election. The last time YouGov carried out a marginals poll like this was at the tail end of October, when the Labour lead in national polls had narrowed

The Tories remain well ahead in the latest YouGov survey for The Daily Telegraph. CCHQ insist there is no room for complacency and that's one of the reasons there was annoyance at Eric Pickles for his recent suggestion that it...

My Telegraph column today looks at how the Conservative Party is failing to harness the power of the internet in its campaigning strategy. I suggest, politely I hope, that it needs to stop paying lipservice to its web operations and get serious.

The latest YouGov opinion poll for tomorrow's Daily Telegraph shows a Conservative lead of 11%. The figures are: Conservatives - 43%Labour - 32%Lib Dems - 16% The most recent YouGov poll (for the Sunday Times) put the Tory lead at...

A new YouGov poll for tomorrow's People newspaper shows the Tory lead remaining at 18%, in line with the most recent YouGov/Daily Telegraph poll from earlier this week. The figures are: Conservative - 45% (-) Labour - 27% (-) Liberal...