Articles tagged Conservatives:
The Tory Leadership Campaign Finally Comes to a Cloe
- 6 Dec 2006
In a few hours time new leader of the Conservative Party will be preparing for PMQs. Last night the Davis diehards held an end of campaign party to thank all those who had worked on the campaign. We held it at the campaign office in Victoria Street. Quite a number of MPs were ...
Guardian: Cameron is Right to Pitch for the Centre Ground
- 21 Nov 2006
The centre of power Despite Lord Saatchi's call for Conservatives to abandon the centre ground, David Cameron is wise to pitch his tent there. Lord Saatchi is without doubt a man with an enormous creative mind. His pamphlets for the Centre for Policy Studies are invariab...
In Defence of Adam Rickitt
- 1 Jun 2006
The hounding of Adam Rickett, both by the media and disdainful Conservatives, has gone far enough. It's time to stop. It's a disgrace that he has been villified in such a disgusting manner by people who should know better. He has become the lightning rod for the whole 'A' List...
So I Got the 'A' List Letter...
- 10 May 2006
I heard this morning that I am not on the Conservative Party's 'A' List of candidates for the next election. I can't deny that I'm not disappointed but perhaps not wholly surprised. I'm afraid I shall be disappointing those who will be expecting me to get bitter and twisted ab...
Scrap PartY Conferences?
- 5 Apr 2006
In an interview with Petronella Wyatt in the Daily Mail this morning George Osborne says the Conservatives might scrap their annual conference altogether. The quote reads: "We might scrap the big autumn conference altogether. We need to face issues about the future of Britain ...
EXCLUSIVE: LOAN TORY CHOOSES THIS BLOG TO GO PUBLIC
- 26 Mar 2006
Note to journalists: If you use any quote from this story I'd be grateful if you'd source/credit it properly! The man behind the £2.5 million Tory loan "revealed" in The Times today will come as a big disappointment to anyone looking for a Tory-troubles story. I can exclusi...
Older & Wiser: Ridding the Tory Candidates List of Ageism
- 3 Feb 2006
Having reached the ripe old age of 43 I find that the leader of my Party is four years younger than me. What hope is there?! Will the Conservative Party come to mirror society’s obsession with youth and decide to pick its Parliamentary candidates who are broadly speaking on th...
Hello From Harrogate
- 6 Mar 2004
It's 1am and I'm downloading 24 hours worth of email, so I thought I'd type this in the foyer of the Moat House Hotel in Harrogate. This hotel typifies what's wrong with British hotels. It's a specialist conference centre hotel yet you can't even access the internet from your ...
Speech to Cambridge University Conservatives on the Media
- 4 Feb 2004
Thank you for inviting me back to the City of my birth to speak to you this evening on The Tories and the Media. With the background noise of the Hutton Report still ringing in our ears it is perhaps a good time to reflect on our relationship with the media, a relationship whi...