The interesting thing about the massive win for the Conservative Party in the Norwich by-election, is the nature of the victorious Tory candidate. She is a 27 year old woman who has essentially worked up until now mainly for the Conservative Party. The BBC explains that she has been on secondment to the Conservative Party’s central office - she describes

Conservative Leader David Cameron's dithering was the reason for the delay in the publication of a key Tory party report on devolution in Wales, Welsh Labour said today. The claim was made following the failure by the Conservative party to publish the report at this year's Tory party conference in Birmingham, which closed earlier today. The report, written by Lord Wyn Roberts, who served...

Fresh from losing the Mayor election in Bedford to Dave Hodgson comes this news of further Conservative problems, via the BBC: The leader of the Conservative group on Bedford Borough Council has been suspended from the party for two years. The Tory Party said the action against Nicky Attenborough was taken because of comments she made about

I have been saying for some time that if Conservative Eurosceptics are taken in by the Tory front bench hostility to Europe in opposition, they must be delusional. There is nothing in the history of the Conservative Party to show that this is anything other than the rhetoric of opposition and that it will melt away like snow in the spring sunshine should they ever get into office. Heath took us in...

Over the next few days the independent think tank Reform will be sharing our experiences of this year’s Conservative Party conference - keep your eyes on this blog! Full details of all the fringe events we are hosting can be found at

Dear Conservative Central Office person, If your party leader has got his facts wrong, editing Wikipedia to try to hide this isn’t likely to work. (Whisper it quietly, but, you know, there are other places people get information from.) Editing from a Conservative Party IP address is also likely to be spotted. Yours, Mark PS Nice to know though

Conservative councillor David Craggs has resigned today, less than a fortnight after winning the by-election in River Ward, Medway. Kent News reports: The Gad’s Hill headteacher stood down from his position earlier today. Yourmedway approached Mr Craggs for a comment and was told that a full statement detailing the reasons behind his resignation would be

This site provides free access to the full text of a Home Affairs select committee report which was published as HC 157 in session 2008-9. The report concerns the Home Office Leaks Inquiry. This arose after the arrest of senior Conservative Party MP Mr Damian Green, for allegedly leaking government documents. It was felt to be necessary due to the fact that Mr Green's office at the House of C...

Three prospective Conservative candidates refuse to comment on speculation they have withdrawn their election candidacies.

Rather bizarrely, that looks to be the view of the Conservative Party’s Press Office. At the tail end of July, their attitude towards bloggers caught some attention following the refusal of a Conservative press officer to even email an already published letter to a Conservative blogger. PR Week this week reports that the Conservatives have now