Are the Tories playing class warfare?
Commentators are claiming that Labour is embarking on a strategy of “class war”. But the Conservative are making selective use of MPs’ school background.
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Shadow Cabinet “haven’t run a piss-up in a brewery”
The head of the Conservative councils’ innovation unit and leader of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham has launched a blistering attack on the competence of the Shadow Cabinet. In a discussion on increasing efficiency through reforming local government,test
Investment decline continues but Conservatives would cut capital allowances
Business investment fell by 21.7% year-on-year in Q3. The falls are widespread. But Conservative plans would create a worse climate for business investment
Conservative party paranoia on Poland
An Conservative party employee used a fake name and email to comment on an article on this blog about anti-semitism in Poland. The Tory party was not mentioned.
The madness of a “manifesto mandate”
A manifesto mandate for wider renegotiation, likely to be pursued by Cameron, is more worrying than the hollow gesture of a referendum after Lisbon is ratified.
New blow to Conservatives’ economic credibility
Claims made by the Conservative party at their conference last week about the rate of unemployment have been undermined by new research from the Trades Union Congress.
Cameron must drop IHT pledge to be a true progressive
This week the Progressive Conservatism Project at Demos published twelve tests that Cameron must meet by 2012 to fulfil his pledge to have governed as a progressive. One in particular stands out. The Conservatives cannot credibly claim to be progressive while supporting a cut in inheritance tax.
David Cameron’s speech: Reaction
Please find below passages from David Cameron’s speech and our commentary. We will be updating this throughout the afternoon so please check back later. “There will have to be cutbacks in public spending” But what about tax rises? The publictest