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Comment Central - Times Online - WBLG - Oct 1, 2008
Responsibility was the theme of the day. Well, that and an Obama like affection for change. Here's a breakdown of Cameron's conference speech by the key words. You can see how he measures up to Brown here: Change …
Comment Central - Times Online - WBLG - Sep 29, 2008
Party conferences are a delight for fans of social psychology. I enjoy watching the way in which the Tory party is changing from year to year. There are now vast numbers of forty somethings, dressed in suits with no …
Comment Central - Times Online - WBLG - Sep 29, 2008
My post on drinking seems to have been passed from one Tory staff member to another. Most of those I met yesterday joked that I had spoilt their fun, before agreeing that I was right. On the other hand, there are more …
Comment Central - Times Online - WBLG - Sep 26, 2008
The sun is shining on the Conservatives this morning. Or at least all over their brand new website. The whole thing looks cleaner and much more navigable. And there's some fancy tech work going on. I particularly like …
Comment Central - Times Online - WBLG - Sep 25, 2008
Dear Andy, I know you are busy, but I just wanted to drop you a quick note before Conservative conference. About drinking. The party conference is the major political gathering of the year. Unsurprisingly …
Comment Central - Times Online - WBLG - Aug 5, 2008
I had a small role in the selection of Ian Oakley - the man who has now pleaded guilty to an extraordinary campaign of harrassment against his Liberal opponent - as the Conservative candidate for Watford. It is now …
Comment Central - Times Online - WBLG - Jul 11, 2008
Iain Dale, one of the central figures in David Davis's 2005 leadership campaign, has been a loyal friend. He didn't agree with Mr Davis's decision to resign as Shadow Home Secretary and fight a by-election, but he …
Comment Central - Times Online - WBLG - Jul 9, 2008
The Tories are proposing to pay people to recycle. What should one make of this proposal? Now, it is impossible for Government actually to pay people to do anything. All it is doing is taking money from everybody and …
Comment Central - Times Online - WBLG - Jul 3, 2008
Yesterday morning's leader in The Times on the Conservative Party resulted in a flurry of responses online. James Forsyth, the main and indispensable voice of Coffee House noted: Today’s leader seems to go against …
Comment Central - Times Online - WBLG - Jun 23, 2008
Janet Daley writes today on Brown's first year and, acutely and correctly, fingers his first conference speech rather than the abandoned election as the moment when it all started to go badly wrong. She then adds …