Pain anticipation is a dangerous thing. Knowing the plaster is about to be ripped off and pre-empting what it will feel like is fraught with speculation and worry. Is this Read more

There’s something suspicious about the Daily Telegraph’s recent revelation that Vince Cable may be boasting to his constituents about his nuclear power within the Coalition. Aside from his seasoned status Read more

I have been biding my time, biting my e-tongue and counting the days until a poll was announced detailing the effect that the initial NUS protests had on public perceptions Read more

Progressive conservatism, dare I say it, liberal conservatism is facing a difficult philosophical position today – whether criminals who have committed acts directly contravening the law of the land should Read more

On Tuesday morning Lord Browne’s Independent Review of Higher Education Funding will be released. On Tuesday, a storm unlike anything that we have seen will be unleashed upon the coalition. Read more

Karl Marx. Adam Smith. Vince Cable. Three historical figures that personally I would never have thought to lump together. Yet in the past few days, during and following the 2010 Read more

There is a buzz of energy running through Conservative activists in the run up to the party conference, something that I can’t put our finger on, but it’s there. Has Read more