Salmond writes his own rules to ensure victory: the Scottish Independence...
There is an old proverb, attributed to the semi-mythical Chinese strategist Sun-Tzu, which says: “Win the battle, then go out and fight it”. On the surface what Sun-Tzu was referring to was the...
View ArticleThe London Mayoral Election: Two crucial months for Britain’s Conservatives
Imagine it is May 3rd 2012. After many long and testing days, weeks and months of hard-fought campaigning, with blood, sweat and tears, straining every last sinew to reach voters across the capital,...
View ArticleFour Constitutional Crises
The UK constitution is facing a “perfect storm” of issues brought to a head by the SNP’s desire to see an independent Scotland. This demands that Unionists, and therefore Conservatives, sharpen their...
View ArticleWhy George Osborne must scrap the 50p tax rate.
When Alistair Darling introduced the 50p top rate of income tax in 2010 he described it as a ‘temporary measure’. Two years on, we can safely assume that George Osborne has no plans to reverse it in...
View ArticleThe NHS or the UnNHS?
The ongoing debacle rumbling around Westminster and protestors offices about Andrew Lansley’s fabled and long cherished health bill is continuing, with many points of controversy and disagreement....
View ArticleIn Defence of Nick Clegg
In the space of a little under two years Nick Clegg has gone from the immense popularity of ‘Cleggmania’, where at one point he was the most popular political leader in Britain since Winston...
View ArticleAfter the Budget
So George Osborne has delivered his budget and now the narrative of what he should do changes to what he should have done, plus ca change… Those that argued that the 50p tax on the rich was a drag on...
View ArticleA Bumpy Few Weeks For ‘Call Me Dave’ And Gideon Ahead
Today’s developments that Peter Cruddas was essentially caught allegedly trying to wheedle money from wealthy foreigners (in certain cases banned under British Electoral Law) is going to do the image...
View ArticleThe Great Example
‘Arguably the greatest peacetime Prime Minister in British History’ D.Read- Peel and the Victorians 1987 The current Coalition government in the United Kingdom and its policies are always being...
View ArticleMercer vs Gladstone
A few months ago it was alleged that Patrick Mercer the Conservative MP for Newark claimed that David Cameron was the worst politician in British history since William Gladstone. Mr Mercer denied...
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