David Vaiani 29/1/10 When David Cameron opened up the process for selecting Tory Members of Parliament, and invited people who had never before considered going into politics, his intention was to change the image of the party in order to make it more broadly acceptable to the electorate. By convincing more ordinary people to become [...]
Why Labour attacks on Tory toffs will backfire
David Vaiani 09/12/09 It appears that the issue of class is rearing its ugly head once again. Labour just can’t leave the wretched subject alone. They refuse to learn the lessons of their shambolic defeat in the Crewe & Nantwich by-election. As Tallyrand famously said of the restored Bourbon kings: “They have learned nothing and [...]
(It’s not all) Doom and Gloom in the Heartlands
Richard Cressey (1/12/09) Having been out and about campaigning for Labour Party candidates in both Sheffield and Manchester this week, I got a sense of core Labour voters’ attitudes to both the party and the current state of politics…[Continue reading]
The Labour Party R.I.P – Former Party of Government.
Louis Connor (19/10/09) The election of David Cameron as Prime Minister, coupled with his plans to reduce the size of Parliament by 10%, and the pressure on the devolved budgets will all conspire to increase the momentum behind calls from the SNP to hold a referendum on Scottish independence sometime in Spring/Summer 2010. A smaller [...]
Hot on the Sun: Labour and that headline.
Richard Cressey 16/10/09 The Sun is the UK’s most popular (by circulation) daily newspaper, reaching over three million people each day. Whatever people think of it as a journalistic institution, it is undoubtedly part of the national makeup and it has been suggested that it can even decide the fate of elections. What does this mean for [...]
