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Cameron: not “betraying Toryism”

James Macintyre
/ October 5, 2011 / 1 Comment

. . . Of the three party conferences, the Conservatives’ provided the most fodder for that inevitable litmus test of a political story: splits. This year, they were primarily on the nature and existence of EU membership, and the Human Rights Act. But news stories do not always reflect the...
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A missed opportunity

James Macintyre
/ July 19, 2011 / 3 Comments

One of the most important hearings in Parliament’s history was overshadowed tonight by a protester with a plastic plate full of shaving foam. Shouting “you are a greedy billionaire,” a young man sprung from behind Rupert Murdoch and shoved the plate at the 80-year-old media mogul at the end of...
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Can Ed Miliband survive?

James Macintyre
/ June 22, 2011 / Leave a comment

James Macintyre rates the Labour leader’s chances of pulling through
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Election special: updated daily

Prospect
/ May 3, 2011 / 3 Comments

What will the local election and AV referendum results mean for Britain? Experts from all camps weigh in
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We don’t have the facts but we’re voting yes!

Ollie Cussen
/ April 21, 2011 / 2 Comments

“So let me get this straight,” I interrupted. “AV makes for better MPs, because they can make fewer people pissed off?” “Sort of,” explained the weary local activist. “There are so many safe seats under the current system that MPs can stroll through a career without really having to care...
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A false economy

Janan Ganesh
/ February 23, 2011 / Leave a comment

The coalition’s vow to limit the number of special advisers was a mistake. We need more of them
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Nick Clegg: my original sin

David Goodhart
/ December 15, 2010 / 5 Comments

The deputy prime minister tells David Goodhart how he shrugs off the cries of “Judas” and accepts that “you often cannot defeat emotion with reason”
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The future’s bright for the Liberal Democrats

Ryan Shorthouse
/ November 4, 2010 / 1 Comment

This week YouGov released a poll showing support for the Lib Dems has dropped to a feeble 9 per cent. Abandoning their policy on tuition fees threatens alienating a large part of their base—young people—from the party for years. Most predict annihilation for the Liberals in next year’s local elections....
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Doing the sums on AV

Peter Kellner
/ July 21, 2010 / Leave a comment

Electoral reform won’t just change the way we choose MPs, but the way we do politics
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Like Disraeli, Cameron plays well with a poor hand

Simon T Kaye
/ May 18, 2010 / 1 Comment

David Cameron has recently been much compared to Benjamin Disraeli, the Tory prime minister who warned that extension of the vote would be tantamount to letting the mob into power. Disraeli eventually adopted the cause as his own, shattering his party in the process. In his own negotiations, Cameron has...
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