The relegation of the Conservative Party to third place in the Eastleigh by-election puts further pressure on the Conservative leadership to move to the Right. Yet the lesson of Eastleigh is that when it does so its voters flock to Ukip.
Make no mistake, the hiring of Lynton Crosby by David Cameron represents the outward return of the nasty party, the Tory Party of old.
The latest Sun/YouGov poll shows more support for Labour’s argument on the cuts than the coalition’s.
Nick Clegg today attacked Labour for their “dishonest, hypocritical” decision to vote with the Tory EU rebels last night, reports Shamik Das.
Andrew Lansley yesterday failed to condemn a Tory council leader who said global warming “may not exist” and was dreamt up by “bourgeois left-wing academics”.
Vaccinations are the way forward in the badgers and TB debate, not the Tory plans for a mass cull, writes former environment secretary Hilary Benn.
Shamik Das looks ahead to Ed Miliband’s speech to the TUC “A Future That Works” march in London today.
A look at the corkers in David Cameron’s Conservative Party Conference speech today, on the economy, the NHS, the EU, housing benefit, child poverty…
The wordle of David Cameron’s 2012 conference speech.
Left Foot Forward looks at Theresa May’s speech to the Tory Party conference yesterday in which she failed to mention the huge cuts to police numbers.
