“Make out you’re not a friend”: Tory caught staging friendly voters for the cameras
The Mail’s Michael Crick overheard Tory candidate for Ashfield Lee Anderson setting someone up to greet him on the doorstep…
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Britannia Unchained: the free-market book that defines Boris Johnson’s cabinet
The libertarian tract’s policies and co-authors – Dominic Raab, Priti Patel, Liz Truss – are at the heart of the…
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Crumbling Britain: the UK’s pothole plague is a sign of national decline
As cyclists and drivers are endangered, politicians too could be toppled by the deteriorating state of our roads.
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Kemi Badenoch’s stint as a hacker says a lot about her and the Westminster narrative
The hype around Kemi Badenoch is starting to fade.
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From the 1997 election archive: After the May Day massacre
Just 165 Tory MPs remained after Labour's 1997 election victory. In our special issue magazine, Charles Glass asked what next for…
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From the 1997 election archive: Dial M for Mandelson
Harriet Harman, Margaret Beckett, Jack Straw ... where did their cabinet careers start out? This overview of Tony Blair's very first appointments…
ByFull transcript | Chuka Umunna | Speech on business and government | Bloomberg | 14 November 2011
"We must reshape our economy for new demands and to create new opportunities. We must build a New Economy."
ByCameron has outsourced worrying about compassion. He’ll regret it
Iain Duncan Smith's fretting about poverty is no replacement for an empathetic prime minister.
ByElectoral registration: the biggest political scandal you’ve never heard of
The coalition’s changes to the electoral registration system will lead to a sick democracy.
ByAfter the sound bites, who has the answers?
In this new era, the stopped pendulum swings to no party.
ByKing David struggles to control his cabinet of wayward barons
While the New Labour project was staffed with card-carrying Blairites, it is hard to identify ardent
ByFull transcript | David Cameron | Statement on public disorder | House of Commons | 11 August 2011
"This is not about poverty, it's about culture. A culture that glorifies violence, shows disrespect
ByCameron’s Murdoch missteps
There are only so many times that a prime minister can afford to be completely wrong.
ByFull transcript | Ed Miliband | Speech on “Responsibility in 21st Century Britain” | London | 13 June 2011
"You cannot create a good society - or even a big one - simply with pleas for more volunteers."
ByFull transcript | David Cameron | Speech on immigration to party members | Hampshire | 14 April 2011
“For too long, immigration has been too high.”
ByFull Transcript | George Osborne | Budget Speech | 23 March 2011
"A Budget for making things not for making things up."
ByFull transcript | Ed Miliband | Speech to Labour Yes to AV campaign | 16 March 2011
"Yes to a system where more voices are heard and more votes are counted. Yes to AV."
ByFull transcript | David Cameron | Speech to Conservative Spring Conference | Cardiff | 6 March 2011
"When we came into office ten months ago, we inherited a dreadful mess."
ByFull Transcript | Nick Clegg | Speech on multiculturalism | Luton | 3 March 2011
"In an open society, values compete but do not conflict."
ByFull transcript | Nick Clegg| Speech on Electoral Reform | London | 18 February 2011
"First Past the Post is not working."
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