Boris Johnson’s ratings among Conservative Party members continue to plunge, new poll finds
Johnson is now the least popular member of the cabinet by quite some distance.
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Fresh Brexit mess spells bad news for Theresa May’s leadership
Government plans have been revised so often the final deal is now more confusing than ever. And today’s vote of no confidence in the PM is not helping.
The Right’s five most inaccurate predictions
A few of the Right’s howlers from 2010
Cutting our massive fees is bad for you, say estate agents
Cutting our massive fees is bad for you, say estate agents. And the Tories believe them.
The Tory sleight of hand over ‘1.1 million more’ private sector jobs
Just under a fifth of the coalition’s ‘million new jobs’ are the result of the reclasification of further education and sixth form college teachers as private sector employees.
Right to Buy relies on several mistaken assumptions
A recent article on Conservative Home bemoaning the fact that the reinvigorated Right-to-Buy policy has not taken off and suggesting a further raising of the discount deserves challenging by the reality-based policy community.
Conservatives retain the lead nationally; Is this the new normal?
Alex Hern assesses what the latest flock of polls means for Labour, and what lessons can be drawn from them
50p tax: Still a Tory obsession, still not that exceptional
Alex Hern runs over the latest piece of bad Conservative economics to try and get the 50p tax rate for the richest in our society scrapped.
Remember how the agency workers directive was going to take 500,000 jobs? Yeah, well…
Alex Hern reviews the effect of the Agency Workers Directive, and finds that the right were so very wrong about what it would do to jobs.
In touch?! Backbench Tories grumble over “inadequate” £65,738 salary
Alex Hern asks what on Earth out of touch Tory backbenchers were thinking when complaining to Conservative Home about their “inadequate” £65,738 salary.