Articles tagged Diary:
ConHome Diary: Boris Johnson Is The Scarlet Pimpernel of This Election Campaign
- 17 Apr 2015
They seek him here, they seek him there, they seek him everybloodywhere. He is the Scarlet Pimpernel of this election campaign. For someone who is without doubt the second best known Conservative in the country, Boris Johnson has been more or less invisible in the election cam...
ConHome Diary: The Pathetic Al Murray
- 11 Apr 2015
Michael Fallon exudes ‘bottom’. Well, you know what I mean. His article in The Times yesterday filleted the SNP and its leader Nicola Sturgeon and contained a bitterly personal attack on Ed Miliband. He should be used more. He sticks the knife in without appearing to do so, wh...
ConHome Diary: I Must Learn to be Biased Towards the Liberal Democrats
- 3 Apr 2015
‘David Cameron was the clear winner in last night’s debate. He clearly showed the difference between the Conservative long term economic plan and the chaos that would ensue if Alex Salmond put Ed Miliband into Downing Street. Only with a Conservative government can hard workin...
ConHome Diary: When Answering a Straight Question Can Work
- 27 Mar 2015
Those of you of a certain vintage will remember Sir Anthony Garner, the formidable Director of Campaigning in Central Office in the 1980s. I am very sad to tell you that he has died. I remember attending a Saturday campaigning seminar at CCO in Smith Square back in 1986. Sir A...
ConHome Diary: Time to Buy Shares in George Osborne?
- 20 Mar 2015
I remember thinking at the time, “this could be big”. Four months ago I did a phone-in on LBC on the growing rumours of a child sex ring at Westminster and asked why the Met didn’t take any action. I took two completely spontaneous calls from ex Metropolitan Police Officers, b...
ConHome Diary: Will it be a Giveaway Budget?
- 13 Mar 2015
In many ways Chuka Umunna, for many Conservatives, is the acceptable face of the Labour Party. He’s a free marketer and gets what an entrepreneurial society is all about. He’s not particularly tribal and is quite happy to pay tribute to political opponents when he thinks they ...
ConHome Diary: Will Col Bob Stewart Resign His Seat?
- 6 Mar 2015
On Wednesday afternoon I wondered if my eyes and ears had deceived me. I had watched Prime Minister’s Question Time and thought that Ed Miliband had trounced David Cameron. On both immigration and the TV debates Cameron didn’t seem to have any answers and for once Ed Miliband ...
ConHome Diary: No Dave, I Won't Stand for Kensington (Not That You've Asked!)
- 27 Feb 2015
My interview with Ed Balls on Wednesday seems to have created a bit of a stir. According to the Huffington Post it was “the most cringeworthy LBC interview in, well, recent days.” Personally, I thought it was a hoot. You see Ed Balls had come top of a Mumsnet survey of sexy MP...
ConHome Diary: Fancy Talking About Male Genital Mutilation?
- 20 Feb 2015
It’s always bittersweet for a publisher when you see a book that you turned down being published. You wonder if you made a mistake and if it will in fact turn out to be a bestseller. That’s happened to me this week with the publication of William Waldegrave’s memoir A DIFFEREN...
ConHome: How I Escaped a Lynching in Newcastle
- 13 Feb 2015
Ed Miliband’s troubles with the business community were highlighted by his no-show at the British Chambers of Commerce annual shindig. The fact that both Chuka Umunna and Ed Balls made speeches was ignored by a media looking for any opportunity to stick the boot in. The fact t...