Critics on the right, and I include myself, have often charged the Prime Minister and those around him with lacking ideology. But since the beginning, it has seemed clear that Read more

In my piece for this blog yesterday I wrote approvingly of the end of universality for child benefit which had been trailed by the Chancellor. When I wrote that piece Read more

I was first elected as a Councillor in Welwyn Hatfield in May 1999. I became Conservative Group Leader in 2001, and from 2002 until 2005 I was Leader of the Read more

This time there are no ifs and buts… I thought David Cameron’s speech was fantastic, I thought the tone was right and the content was right. In my last piece Read more

Day one of the Conference proper certainly generated the right kind of headlines; and I certainly can’t complain of a lack of hard policies… and yet… I was talking a Read more

This week in Blackpool I want to see David Cameron deliver on the promise of that famous speech in Bournemouth two years ago, and on the promises of his election Read more