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Tag Archives: Coalition
The Conservative Party is still very much a top-down organisation
One of the most thoughtful MPs of the 2010 intake – Gavin Barwell – has written a good blog which laments the pause in Lords Reform, and the Lib Dem tit-for-tat response. He is basically right on both issues. There … Continue reading
The Britain that will be*
“A new dawn has broken, has it not?” – Tony Blair, Royal Festival Hall, 2 May 1997 All governments – in order to win votes and hopefully more importantly because they do think their ideas are better - want to be … Continue reading
Posted in Party Politics
Tagged 2015, Accountability, Coalition, Governing, Narrative, Success
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Not Coalition 2.0 – Coalition 1.0.1 please
We still have two years and eight months of this Coalition left. The “essential mission” of this government is not yet complete. The “passion” which David Cameron committed to the Big Society has not yet been fulfilled. And the commitment … Continue reading
Posted in Party Politics
Tagged Coalition, Deficit, Focus, Growth, Narrative, Re-engaging Voters
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House of Lords reform is about political life or death
The Liberal Democrats long term ambition is to be the constant centring force of government. Instead of Thatcher or Blair the UK will in future be governed by Thatcher-light or Diet Blair. When thinking about the Coalition this driver should … Continue reading
Posted in Party Politics
Tagged Coalition, Conservatives, Electoral Reform, House of Lords Reform, Lib Dems
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David Frum, cultural branding and a strong message of exclusion
David Frum, former speechwriter to President George W Bush, and now a commentator and frequent blogger at the Daily Beast, was at Policy Exchange* yesterday in conversation with Daniel Finkelstein – to discuss why Mitt Romney lost the US presidential … Continue reading →