Conservatives
Tories and UUP split over merger deal
Ed Jacobs examines the prospects for the UUP and the Conservatives in Northern Ireland following the failure of their electoral pact.
Nick Clegg: Nothing the Conservatives do can make me leave
Alex Hern reports on Nick Clegg's comments after his speech at Demos. He has revealed that there is nothing which will make him leave the coalition.
No-one borrows out of a borrowing crisis, except the Tories, Labour, Lib Dems, Denmark…
Alex Hern takes to task the Tories’ repeated refrain, most recently voiced by Claire Perry MP, that no one else is borrowing their way out of a borrowing crisis.
Why the Conservatives are wrong about rights
Ram Mashru runs over the misrepresentation of the European Court of Human Rights by the Conservative Party.
Tories plan to suppress Trident debate
This week defence secretary Philip Hammond stated the Trident Alternatives Review would not be made public, writes CND general secretary Kate Hudson.
Tories may care deeply about Europe, but no one else does
Taking a look at four issues - economy, unemployment, immigration/ race relations and Europe, we can see that while over a third of those surveyed identified the economy, and both immigration /race relations score around ten per cent, the number of respondents who answer Europe is statistically insignificant.