Trawling through the immense amount of polling data that has emerged from last week’s US presidential election, the figures that jumped out at me were around those for whom managing the growing American debt problem was a priority. In exit polls, those who were asked what they thought was the most important issue at stake […]

My occupation took me to all three major conferences this year and I’d like to share my impressions with you. First up, our lot. As usual, the press marched on us, expecting a revolt. Wanting to be there as Vince made his big move. As usual, nothing much really happened on that front. A few […]

I recall Nick Cohen saying, around the time that the Lib-Con Coalition was formed, that there was a sharp division in this country between left and right. He defined people on the left as those who blamed the bankers for the financial crash and people on the right as those who blamed the previous Labour […]

Many of the more right-of-centre newspapers are declaring that the government calling time on Lords Reform is a victory for Cameron personally. Iain Martin’s piece summarises this thesis: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9451298/Lords-reform-David-Camerons-retreat-shows-there-is-life-left-in-the-PM.html I would argue the precise opposite. I think the whole episode has been a disaster for Cameron and damaging to the Conservative party overall, albeit in […]