Gallery of Speakers

Last Updated: Monday, January 23rd, 2012

: Andrew Mitchell at Coalition’s overview on Foreign, Security and Development Policies Event

: (L - R) Save the Children CEO Justin Forsyth and George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer .

: Boris Johnson Rally at Party Conference 2011

: Iain Duncan Smith

: Liam Fox at Private Reception, Cloud Bar, Hilton Hotel, Party Conference Manchester 2011

: William Hague at Manchester Party Conference 2011

: Graham Brady at Private ConIntel Reception Party Conference 2011

: Philip Hammond at Manchester Party Conference 2011

: Eric Pickles at Local Government Conference for ConIntel
Eric Pickles at Local Government Conference for ConIntel

: David Willetts at Going for Growth Conference

: Andrew Lansley at Manchester Party Conference 2011

: Oliver Letwin at Conservative Manifesto Conference

: Sajid Javid at Manchester Party Conference 2011

: Michael Fallon at Conservative Manifesto Conference

: Tim Montgomerie, Fraser Nelson and Iain Duncan Smith at New Parliament Conference

: Martin Callanan MEP

: David Gauke MP and Ruth Parker at Going for Growth Conference

: Mark Littlewood, Alistair Tebbit, Iain Martin, Nadhim Zahawi MP and Tom Montgomerie at Going for Growth Conference

: New Parliament Conference

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Elbows Stick Out In The Race To Be Next Tory Leader

The Prime Minister still looks secure in his position – but that is not to say that the jostling to be his successor has gone away. This week alone we have seen notable noises either from or about three of the leading contenders: Michael Gove, Boris Johnson and Theresa May. Of the three, the Education [...]

Will Nuclear Happen?

I have only found one way of squaring the fiendish circle that is the Department of Energy’s 2050 Pathways Calculator – the device which lets the user pretend to be Secretary of State and shape Britain’s future energy policy. Yes, the only reliable means the calculator offers of both reducing emissions and ensuring supply (if [...]

The Politics Of Terror – Cameron’s Reaction To Woolwich

The Woolwich atrocity requires a political response which David Cameron is well-fitted to provide. As the Prime Minister observed when he spoke in a wind-swept Downing Street: “The people who did this were trying to divide us.” The murderers of Drummer Lee Rigby announced that they wished to “start a war”. Cameron’s task is to [...]

A Managed Break-Up Of The Coalition?

In September 2014, the party conference season will be a few weeks away, and the general election only six months distant – assuming, of course, that this Parliament is still sitting: the Fixed Terms Parliament Act makes it very likely that this will be the case. Let us also suppose that this Coalition Government is [...]

A Good Week For The Backbenches

Unsurprisingly, the run-up to the Queen’s Speech was dominated by analysis and debate spurred by the local election results. Everyone expected more robust language on the EU issue from senior Conservatives as a form of reputational first aid to staunch the wounds inflicted by Nigel Farage. Few would have predicted Lord Lawson’s decision to announce [...]

The Issue Blighting Cameron’s Prospect Is Nationhood

As I write these words, many of the local election results are not yet in, but already it is obvious that UKIP has triumphed. It has done so because it conveys a sense of British patriotism none of the conventional parties can match. John Bull would far rather drink a pint of beer with Nigel [...]

The View From CCHQ

I was very heavily briefed by senior sources from Downing Street yesterday, and the result can be seen on ConservativeHome this morning. One of the three big claims made by Number 10 is that it senses “a bit of a feel of ’91” – the year before John Major’s surprise election victory against the odds. [...]

Why Merkel Needs Cameron: Their Alliance Of Convenience

Margaret Thatcher is dead, yet the House of Commons is more Thatcherite than it has ever been. She inspired many members of the exceptionally gifted 2010 Tory intake to go into politics. Like her, these new MPs believe in the nation state – the belief which precipitated her downfall in 1990, by which time her [...]

The Reason Why Cameron Steered Clear Of This Week’s Welfare Scrap

Tim Montgomerie suggested earlier this week that David Cameron should lead from the front on welfare reform – that he should, perhaps, visit a family in smaller accommodation than they need, in order to make the point that housing benefit shouldn’t support other people in larger accommodation than they need. Instead, this week’s leading from [...]

Did The Budget Do Enough To See Off The Anti-Cameron Plotters?

In 2011-12, Britain’s deficit was £121 billion. This year, the Office for Budget Responsibility says that it will be £85 billion – the figure that George Osborne uses to support his claim that the deficit has fallen by over a quarter. But that £85 billion figure isn’t the only one that the OBR cites. It [...]

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