David Cameron is simply not credible as reform champion Dear Sir, So David Cameron thinks that suddenly we will believe he intends genuine political reform? I'm sorry, but the Conservatives have been on the wrong side of any political reform for their entire history as a political party. The clue is in their name. Mr Cameron may think that simply because he has proved more popular than his immedia...

KENNETH Clarke yesterday returned to the Tory front-bench after more than a decade on the political sidelines, as the Conservative leader, David Cameron, reshuffled his shadow

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...

David Cameron has great plans for education and welfare reform, but first he must sell the Tories to the voters, says Bruce Anderson.

Tory leader's cycle taken from outside his west London home this morning David Cameron has had his bicycle stolen for the second time in less than a year, the Tories said today. The Tory leader had chained it to railings outside the front of his house, but when he went to look for it an hour later it was gone. Cameron, who always cycles into parliament on Wednesdays because he believes that t...

Tom Griffin (London, OK): The Guardian brings us news of the latest edition of Progress magazine, in which Skills Minister David Lammy makes Labour's latest attempt to develop a line of attack against David Cameron: The truth is that the Tories' change in language has touched a nerve, reflecting a big gap in our own political narrative. Yet beneath Cameron's rhetoric lies the basic phi...

Three years on from his election as Tory leader, it must be mildly worrying for David Cameron to read beastly things about him by academics on ConservativeHome – the website on which fanatical young Tories spend unhealthy amounts of their free time

David Cameron has great plans for education and welfare reform, but first he must sell the Tories to the voters, says Bruce Anderson.

Back in 2005 I was at an Edinburgh event attended by David Cameron. The soon-to-be Tory leader entered the room and worked the crowd. He shook my hand and said: "Hello, I'm David Cameron." "Hello, I'm David Farrer," I replied. The chap to my left looked at me. Cameron turned to my neighbour and once again said: "Hello, I'm David Cameron." And my neighbour replied: "Hello, I'm David Purdie." I

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...