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Tories should be wary of a retoxification of the brand

Two weeks ago, a Liberal Democrat Minister, Lynne Featherstone, announced at the Lib Dem conference that there would be legislation to legalise gay marriage.  At the same conference, Vince Cable briefed about measures to tackle excessive executive pay, at the … Continue reading

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House of Lords reform: A century old question, wrongly answered?

The question over House of Lords reform has been perhaps the most dodged question throughout Parliament’s existence. All three major parties have had their chance to reform the upper house but all have subsequently come up short. Firstly it was … Continue reading

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Whips in the middle

Over the last few weeks there have been a number of stories about over-enthusiastic whipping.  Around three months ago I was talking to a back bench Conservative MP about what life was like being in a coalition*. Though the MP … Continue reading

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A Coalition health-check from Boles, Lamb and Hunt

This morning Fishburn Hedges facilitated the debate: “What’s Next… for the Coalition?”. The panel consisted of thought-leading MPs from the three main parties – Nick Boles (C), Norman Lamb (LD), Tristram Hunt (L) – and was chaired by the BBC’s … Continue reading

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Three reasons why Chris Huhne has not been fired… yet

The media management conventions that existed under New Labour are no longer relevant. As Guido Fawkes has pointed out we are now into the fourth week of “speeding-gate”. On every Sunday in May the papers have contained  fresh speculation around … Continue reading

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