Months ago, the Tory Reform Group invited George Eustice MP to come and talk to one of our regular policy suppers about his new European policy group. Entirely by accident, Read more

I am shamefully late to this (catching up on articles from 2 weekends ago…) but this article by Ben Goldacre in the Observer encapsulates so much of why governments get Read more

I was all set to tweet the speech on Wednesday from my seat behind the Conservative members of the Cabinet (look how close I was! Sadly I’m not very good Read more

I’ve been meaning to for years, and finally went on Project Umubano this summer. As I’m not a teacher, nor a medical professional, nor a businessman, I was sent on the Read more

In 2007, some friends and I set up Platform10 – to promote the platform which would enable the Conservatives to get to Number 10. We are unashamed modernisers. Or to put Read more

This week, Chris Cook in the FT (on blackberry so no link) revealed that some Department for Education Special Advisers were using personal email accounts to organise various bits of Read more

On Tuesday night, I noted on Twitter the leak of the No10 policy unit document suggesting new policies, focus and communications efforts on ‘women’. Most of the things discussed seem Read more

I spent part of yesterday afternoon in Parliament (spotting, along the way, Floella Benjamin, which if you’re my age was pretty exciting!). I saw probably about 10 MPs in total, Read more

I am not discontent. I am pretty impressed with most departments’ policies (though I wish some would go further, and I wish the government as a whole would get a Read more

I tweeted this morning about the possibility (sadly denied) of a new external relations unit in No10. There is apparently some sort of new department which will look after ‘partnerships’ Read more