Internal Politicking

Replace the monarch with an elected president, the argument used to go, and Frank Bruno could end up as British head of state.  For Frank Bruno you can now read 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

‘Tories set to disband in Scotland‘ is the dramatic headline in the Sunday Telegraph, the paper warns that ‘Cameron faces constitutional crisis with no Scottish MPs’. Dramatic stuff, but really? Read more

I recently wrote about the potential for crowd-sourcing as a useful and productive way for the government to engage further with voters.  I’ve also recently suggested that a corollary for Read more

A piece a couple of weeks ago by Rachel Sylvester (£)attracted a lot of attention. “Purple and orange: united colours of a coalition” it describes efforts by “New Labour” to Read more

We’ve said it before, but last night I was at a Tory Reform Group event where Nick Boles discussed the coalition, its prospects and its performance, and my conclusion is Read more

There’s a report today of a legislative change to allow candidates to stand for two parties.  While it’s ostensibly to make it easier for Labour-Co-op candidates (who seem to manage fine Read more

I’ve been conversing with @graemearcher and @betapolitics (also known as Nick Denys) about the next head of communications for the government. This post is not about Andy Coulson, who I Read more

No, not that Nick. This one. Nick and I (and Dave, for that matter) agree on most things – that’s why we write this blog together. But on this, I’m afraid, Read more

There is a heated debate raging throughout the blogosphere and written press about the Conservative Party and the apparent contempt that the Cameron leadership has for the party and its Read more