Shona Haslam: The fight for Lanark and Hamilton East is only going to get colder
20
Nov
The Scottish Conservatives do need to build up our activist base. The SNP has been effective in building a loud and bold campaigning force.
Category Archives: SNP
Lord Ashcroft: Have you made up your mind yet? Will you put up with Johnson to get Brexit? Week Two of my General Election Dashboard.
19
Nov
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.
Vox pub: Don’t write the Conservatives off in Stirling – and therefore in Scotland more widely
19
Nov
In this marginal seat there is as yet no sign of an SNP surge, and they may just be losing support to Labour too.
Neil O’Brien: There are still weeks to go, but for backbenchers like me, campaign 2019 feels much, much better than 2017
18
Nov
The campaign feels better run, including online. People massively prefer Boris Johnson to Corbyn. The question is whether it is enough
WATCH: Blackford: ‘We need to modernise our defence forces, Trident doesn’t play a part in that’
17
Nov
The SNP’s Westminster leader is asked whether scrapping the nuclear deterrent will be part of their price for putting Corbyn in Downing Street.
Henry Hill: Johnson ‘vows to end persecution’ of Troubles veterans
14
Nov
Also: Prime Minister mocked over claims Ulster goods won’t face checks; and he takes a tough line on Scottish independence as Corbyn swithers.
Fraser Raleigh: We must continue to campaign for the Union – and shun loose talk of trading off Scottish votes for English ones
14
Nov
As we champion the Union, we need to recognise that each nation is having a subtly different conversation with itself about its future.
The poor bloody infantry: why do people join political parties?
9
Nov
A new study asks good questions without providing good answers.
James Cleverly: As this election launches, it’s time for us to pull together – and deliver for Britain
6
Nov
Voters have a clear choice: vote Conservative or vote for further indecision, confusion and delay.
Matt Kilcoyne: The Conservative manifesto. Wooing Labour heartlands with socialist policy is a doomed strategy.
4
Nov
The first piece of a series this week about what the Conservative Manifesto should look like.
WATCH: If Scotland voted for independence, would Sturgeon demand a second referendum on the exit deal? “No…”
3
Nov
“I don’t believe we should equate the two things,” the First Minister argues.
The MPs we deserve
31
Oct
The speeding up of turnover rates has almost nothing to do with shifts to the right or left, and much more to do with wider cultural change in Parliament.
Lib Dems Facebook Spend More than all Parties Combined
30
Oct
The Liberal Democrats have geared up for the upcoming general election with a whopping £12,205 being spent on Facebook in the last week, more than every other major party put together. Labour and the Tories lag behind at £2,812 and £3,111 respectively. The SNP and The Brexit Party clearly haven’t got the memo, both failing […]
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SNP Data Gathering Hypocrisy
29
Oct
Like almost every millennial, Mhairi Black was tweeting nonsense last night. Her target? The very standard Tory operation to gather data on sympathetic voters. Linking to a CCHQ-run website called ‘Get Brexit Done – Tell your MP to back an election‘, Black wrote: “The Tories have launched a data mining website called get-brexit-done.com Under the […]
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The temptation to stuff Corbyn – or try to – has proved too great to resist
29
Oct
By pursuing an election at the expense of the Withdrawal Bill, Johnson is gambling on hammering Labour amidst the December gloom.
Why the second referendum campaign is failing
28
Oct
It is as if it had become a vehicle to help Blair redeem his reputation and popularity, lost after the Iraq War.
David Gauke: When your bell rings in December, you expect to be sung a carol – not asked how you’re going to vote
28
Oct
The result of a general election next month would by no means be a foregone conclusion.
‘It’s just a stunt so the Lib Dems can get on the telly,’ insists Shadow Health Secretary
27
Oct
Jon Ashworth dismisses a counter-offer on an election by the Lib Dems and SNP.
Meghan Gallacher: All-women shortlists. Whatever happened to the Best Person for the Job?
27
Oct
It would be wrong to see a woman gifted a ‘safe’ seat in a winnable constituency just because there is a lack of female MPs.
Would the SNP Be Prepared to Leave the UK Without a Deal?
25
Oct
The SNP’s rhetoric around No Deal was shown up for the nonsense it is on today’s Politics Live when Sir Bernard Jenkin asked if the SNP would only let Scotland leave the UK under terms the UK could set. Ian Blackford quickly tried to move the conversation on. Clear logic making it an excruciating experience for […]
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Karen Bradley: Why I’ve doubts about an autumn election – and want the Withdrawal Bill brought back now
25
Oct
I fear that we would lose too many good colleagues to a Remain coalition in the south, and would not pick up enough Leave-voting seats in the midlands and the north.
Henry Hill: Davidson ready to lead next ‘No’ campaign as would-be successors battle over her legacy
10
Oct
Also: Democratic Unionists ‘under pressure’ over Brexit u-turn; and Gove backs Bowie’s criticism of SNP over no-deal preparations.
Jamie Green: It’s time to set out our positive vision for Scotland outside the EU
9
Oct
We aren’t going to beat Sturgeon by apologising for Brexit and we aren’t going to win the hearts and minds of those Scottish leave voters by being passive about it.
Henry Hill: Johnson’s compromise risks laying another time-bomb under the Union
3
Oct
Like May before him, the Prime Minister risks inflicting deep structural damaged on the United Kingdom in order to escape tactical difficulties.
Lord Ashcroft’s Conference Diary: Could Tory MPs be whipped to vote that they don’t have confidence…in their own Government?
30
Sep
And: Gigabit broadband will soon be “sprouting like vermicelli”, says Johnson. Plus: Mordaunt’s warnings and Hoey’s heroine’s welcome.
Henry Hill: Scottish Tories force SNP to publish papers on impact of independence push
26
Sep
Also: Democratic Unionists attack Corbyn for backing IRA as it murdered judges; and growing concern of risk of loyalist violence against backstop.
Progressive Conservative reformers 1) Gove, “the most important Secretary of State since Butler”
23
Sep
Even Corbyn’s Labour is wary of assaulting his free school and academy legacy directly.
John Baron: Johnson must keep calm, carry on – and reject the Withdrawal Agreement
22
Sep
The Government’s policy of reminding the electorate that it is keeping faith with the largest democratic exercise in our country’s political history is correct.
Henry Hill: Belief that DUP are softening their position raise hopes of Brexit deal
19
Sep
Also: Poll suggests SNP have a mountain to climb on independence; Cameron admits he asked Queen to intervene in 2014; and more.
LibDem limits
16
Sep
Brexit has changed much for them, but less than one might think – at least when it comes to their strategic position at Westminster.