A trip back to the financial world this week has crystallised a feeling that’s been nagging at me for a few days: the Conservatives are in trouble on the economy. After Gordon Brown’s appearance a... Read More

Danny Finkelstein has added a further note to our blogging contretemps over whether voters were inclined to reject political policies of which they had previously approved when told that they wer... Read More

Let’s try again, shall we? Last week was mostly a write-off for the Tories. You will remember it started with Dave’s Brighton speech that was supposed to steady the blues after several wee... Read More

Could I just point out that, with the publication of Choosing the Common Good, described as the Roman Catholic Church’s “election manifesto”, the one, holy, apostolic and universal C... Read More

Will the Tories finally raise the issue of immigration? Two weeks ago the party launched their “Ten reasons to vote Conservative” leaflet without mentioning the elephant in the room – and ye... Read More

Alan Johnson’s astonishing attack on Gordon Brown makes life even more awkward for the Prime Minister. The Home Secretary has pointedly criticised as ‘unpatriotic’ allowing your camp... Read More

David Cameron’s speech was delivered well, with passion and wit, and it will probably please no one. But that’s probably no bad thing. He correctly identified the economy as the centralÂ... Read More

Poor William Hague – if only he’d not gone it alone in 1997 he’d have one foot in Number 10 by now. Instead, he became Tory leader too early and at the wrong time, against an unstoppabl... Read More

Ed Miliband has already been in touch to ‘correct’ my column in this morning’s Telegraph. I’ve looked at the developing energy crisis and the prospects for a new energy policy ... Read More

Ooh, the National Secular Society is getting in such a state over the prospect of religion playing a role at the next election that it has taken grossly to distorting what leading politicians have to ... Read More