The grousy voices from disappointed Tories are already being heard. Both the Observer and the Independent report - rather gleefully - on dissension in the Conservative Party about the way David Cameron ran the campaign. We should have had a majority, go the siren voices of discontent; how did Cameron throw this away? Only the Conservative right could be quite so self-deluded. The only person stand...

Daniel Cowdrill Ian Gilmour claimed that the Conservative Party is not an ideology. Instead others have argued that Conservatives are essentially pragmatic. This widely-held view has precluded research into Conservative ideology, leaving us with only a vague idea.  However, I think the current recession gives us some pointers. In response to the financial crisis David Cameron

Early reactions to David Cameron's speech have been very positive. Members of the Tory leader's inner circle are delighted with the results. I have described it for the paper as Cameron coming out as a conservative. This was a genuinely philosophical speech and potentially a classic conservative text. The interlocking of traditional  conservative themes - sound money, low tax, famil...

See our advent calendar for more broken promises >> They promised: Before the General Election, David Cameron spoke of his anger about high marginal tax rates for people moving off benefits into work. The Conservative Party’s manifesto pledged to take action on this. (David Cameron, speech to Conservative Party Conference, 8 October 2009; Conservative Manifesto 2010, p. 16) The...

David Cameron has refused to rule out tax rises under a Conservative Government after saying that the British economy needs a "full-blown plan for recovery."

I see that David Cameron, the Conservative leader, has warned that a Tory government would not introduce tax cuts during the recession. Admitting that his words would disappoint many within the party, Mr Cameron insisted that the economic circumstances were not right for tax cuts in the immediate future, and said that his focus as prime minister would be on restoring confidence. Fine. So, in princ...

David Cameron has grasped the nettle on savers that the Telegraph has been campaigning on. He today sets out a £4.8 billion package of tax cuts for savers and pensioners to be funded by cutting public spending. Basic-rate taxpayers will not have to pay tax on their savings under the proposals unveiled by the Conservatives. David Cameron, the Conservative leader, is also pledging to incr...

Westminster Labour councillors have stepped up their opposition to a proposed motorcycle parking tax writing letters to all local Conservative councillors and the Leader of the Conservative Party, David Cameron. The letter to Westminster's Conservative councillors reads: The "No to the Bike Parking Tax" is an action group formed 4 months ago to reverse the introduction of the increasingly unp...

It may have taken over 3 years, but David Cameron has finally delivered on his pledge to take the Conservative Party out of the federast EPP bloc. For such bold leadership - and for sticking to his guns when attacked by some of his own MEPs for doing so - David Cameron deserves the praise of all Eurosceptic Tories. The excellent Prague Declaration, formally launching the European Conservatives &am...

Prime Minister and Conservative Party Leader David Cameron appeals for "can-do optimism" during an "anxious time" for the country's economy in his speech to the Conservative Party Autumn Conference.