Articles tagged Conservatives:
Tory Leadership 'Spill': It Could be the Cabinet That Decides Theresa May's Future
- 12 Dec 2018
It's finally happened and the 48 letters which are needed to trigger leadership challenge have finally been received by the Chairman of the 1922 Committee, Sir Graham Brady. What the Australians would call a 'leadership spill' will take place tonight, and voting in a vote of ...
Conservative Leadership Poll Result: Boris Wins!
- 9 Dec 2018
Last night at around 8pm I launched a 13 question Conservative leadership poll. Since then more than 4,000 people have voted. I don't pretend that this is anything other than a bit of fun. It's certainly not scientific. Polls like this cannot be taken hugely seriously because ...
Poll: Who Would Win a Conservative Party Leadership Contest?
- 8 Dec 2018
It is not beyond the realms of possibility that by this time next week, a Conservative Party leadership contest could be underway. I know, I know, we've been here before, but if the Brexit vote goes ahead on Tuesday, and the government loses by a substantial three figure major...
Tory Rebels Need to Bide Their Time Before Toppling Mrs May
- 19 Nov 2018
The Germans have a phrase ‘Immer mit der Ruhe’. Keep calm at all times. The Conservative Party would do well to heed that message. Voters don’t like divided parties. The fall in support for the Tories in the weekend opinion polls is more to do with voters not liking the disuni...
If Not Theresa, Then Who?
- 15 Nov 2018
Theresa May has been written off many times before and each time bounced back. She is a woman of tremendous resilience, as she has proved many times over the past two years. She proved it again this morning in the Commons, putting in an outstanding performance in a chamber whi...
A Tribute to Audrey Barker 1927-2018
- 4 Nov 2018
I had some sad news when I woke up this morning. A good friend of mine, Audrey Barker, had died at the age of 91. I first met Audrey in 1985 when she became Conservative Party Agent in Norwich North. At the time, I had just left university and was working for the local MP, Pa...
The Top 100 Most Influential Conservatives of 2018
- 1 Oct 2018
Each year for the last eleven years I have convened panels to compile lists of the Top 50 Liberal Democrats, the Top 100 Most Influential People on the Left, and the Top 100 Most Influential People on the Right. This year, due to workload, I have wimped out of doing the Lib...
Political Counterfactual: The Day Michael Portillo Became Prime Minister
- 29 Sep 2018
I wrote this political counterfactual back in 2004, as the lead chapter in the [‘Prime Minister Portillo & Other Things That Never Happened’](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Prime-Minister-Portillo-Things-Happened/dp/1842750690/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&rps=1&ie=UTF8&qid=153...
Top 100 People on the Right 2014
- 1 Oct 2014
As our panel met there was only one thing on their minds, UKIP! The rise and rise of UKIP has baffled many in the media, and UKIP surpassed all expectations at this European Elections by topping the poll and bagging 24 MEPs. For this reason, we see a big influx of UKIPers on t...
Top 100 People on the Right 2013
- 1 Oct 2013
Each year the Telegraph assembles a group of experts to compile a list of the top 100 most influential people on the Right. Meeting this year in the Westminster Intercontinental – the new hangout of choice for politicos – the panel judged the performance of right-wing politico...