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Andrew Smith is a Conservative Councillor in Westminster and a consultant for Cicero Group. He writes in a personal capacity… Read more »
The legacy of the Fujimorista regime has shaped Peru to this day, and has been far more pervasive and corrosive than General Velasco’s.
My latest round of polling finds no signs of a seismic shift in opinion so far. We find a similar picture to last week’s.
The Confederation has wielded considerable influence over the last 30 years. But other, more entrepreneurial voices, must be heard, too.
One essential Bank of England chart illustrates what went wrong, beyond reasonable doubt.
A new study reported at the weekend has found disturbing levels of sectarian beliefs among pupils at Scotland’s 357 Catholic schools. But there was an interesting twist – sectarianism was higher among the pupils who WEREN’T practicing…
We’ve just taken our first week off in eight years, and no sooner are we back than the whole world’s turned on its head. Because this is Brian Wilson in today’s Scotsman. The only thing we don’t understand is: if a Holyrood majo…
As a new manifesto is being finalised, it is time to review how our 2017 commitments on defence have worked out.
It is capitalising on voters who weren’t born in the era of state monopolies having no idea how much worse these companies were under Corbyn’s dinosaur model.
Tech companies who don’t clean up their platforms should be prepared to face the force of the law.
Such seats are absolutely to the Conservatives’ hopes of an overall majority – but what do the voters have to say?
Each week, our panel of James Frayne, Marcus Roberts, Trevor Phillips, and Salma Shah will will analyse and assess what’s happening.
Social media is under scrutiny as never before, but there are still simple techniques you can use to connect with crucial voters.
As we champion the Union, we need to recognise that each nation is having a subtly different conversation with itself about its future.
A shallow minded and lazy tax and spend policy can only go so far on tax taken from the highest earners.
No deals with Huawei, no control of our nuclear industry, no more infiltration in our university research programmes. We need a values-led strategy.
Together with my weekly focus groups, it will help to explain the dynamics of the campaign and the factors that will determine the outcome.
Our policy on apprenticeships should be high profile during this general election campaign. I think that rather than abandon the Apprenticeship Levy, the Conservatives should radically reform it.
There has been no agreement between the two parties. And the whole thrust of our campaign is to colonise the centre ground, not retreat from it.
Without one, spending on older citizens will so far outstrip revenue from workers that future governments will face some unpleasant choices.
Our survival as a party and arguably that of our nation itself, depends on people having a stake in this country.
Our analysis shows that any political party will struggle to win a working majority if they fail to connect with the poorest voters across Britain.
The fifth piece in our series this week about what the Tory Manifesto should look like.
Try to ignore the “regional”, and the fact that it’s framed as the Tories vs Labour. This is a new full-sample (1060) poll from YouGov today, and wow. (The left-hand bar in each pair is 2017, the right-hand one is 2019.) And you thoug…
What do voters in Richmond Park, Cambridge, and Finchley & Golders Green think about the Prime Minister, the Opposition, and the election?
Each week, our panel of James Frayne, Marcus Roberts, Trevor Phillips, and Salma Shah will will analyse and assess what’s happening.
The fifth piece in our series this week about what the Tory Manifesto should look like.
The fourth piece in our series this week about what the Conservative Manifesto should look like.
It doesn’t happen often, but it has today. Because Nick Robinson said this: You know, Nick Robinson. It was Nick Robinson who just complained about someone misleadingly editing an interview to make it look as though someone hadn’t answered …