Ssssh! Don’t tell Conservative backbenchers, but…
Same-sex marriage: the public support it, the public thinks better of Cameron because of it and people are more likely to vote for a party that supports it. … Read the full post »
Read about David Cameron, Conservative MP and Prime Minister 2010-16. During 2010-15 he headed up a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats, in which Nick Clegg was Deputy Prime Minister. He won an overall majority in the 2015 general election but then resigned after the Leave side won the 2016 European referendum.
Same-sex marriage: the public support it, the public thinks better of Cameron because of it and people are more likely to vote for a party that supports it. … Read the full post »
Yes, there’s much more to the Eastleigh by-election than just the travails of Tory candidate Maria Hutchings… … Read the full post »
Lots of news about the Eastleigh constituency by-election again today, including the pressure on David Cameron. … Read the full post »
Eurosceptics have secured a Conservative promise for a referendum on the question that is the most extreme – and also therefore the question that they are least likely to win on. … Read the full post »
The six policies in the Mid-Term Review have rather a strong Liberal Democrat feel about them. … Read the full post »
In a boost to the Liberal Democrat campaign for fairer taxes, a new poll has found 57% of the public back a mansion tax on houses worth £1m and over. … Read the full post »
Writing for the European Council on Foreign Relations, YouGov’s Peter Kellner highlights an important polling finding. … Read the full post »
“We are not going to have a mansion tax, or a new tax that is a percentage value of people’s properties” – George Osborne. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat and Labour have decided to go ahead with selecting candidates for the 2015 general election based on the current constituency boundaries. … Read the full post »
This week’s Politics Weekly podcast from The Guardian features, ahem, myself alongside Martin Kettle, Nick Cohen and Tom Clark. … Read the full post »