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London illustrates what a bold, Conservative administration can do
I’m a one-nation Tory
He believes in the capacity of human ingenuity
Dave, he says, will be seen in a completely different light
Benedict Brogan interview with Boris
Boris Johnson was at work on Wednesday when Gordon Brown crashed into the northern rock that is Gillian Duffy. As a connoisseur [...]
The plan was to boost Clegg, take the gilt off the Cameron gingerbread, and wreck Tory hopes of achieving a majority government
what you will never succeed in doing, either in Britain or in any other political environment, is creating three-party politics
But look at what is happening to Labour! Look at the great humming, purring spin [...]
When Iceland’s mount sends up a pall
And turbine engines start to fail
And by and by the ash doth fall
And stranded Britons home do sail,
Then nightly do the airlines howl :
“Boo-hoo ! … Oh shit ! Boo-hoo !”
A ferry’s not …
As quick but, hell, it’s all we’ve got.
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The British began to make the big subconscious assumption that there would be a change of government in 2010
I am certain that the Tories will win
What crouton of substance did Nick Clegg offer last Thursday?
It must have been a couple of years ago that I was having dinner with the great Max Hastings, former editor [...]
[The Chorus of Labour M.P.s]
With cat-like tread
The revenue we steal ;
Influence ped-
d-ling is our new deal.
Of the truth
We never speak a word ;
And Sterling’s fall
can be distinctly heard.
[The Chorus of Lobbyists]
Taxi ! Tara !
Taxi ! Tara !
[Labour M.P.s]
So stealthily the tax-men creep
While all across the country sleep.
Come, friends
who used to be
Leaders of the [...]
Boris to Dave: “You have got to run for this thing … or else I will!”
GENERAL ELECTION: Parliament Dissolves today and the General Election campaign begins officially today with the Dissolution of Parliament – and the publication of the first of the party manifestos.
It is almost exactly five years ago that the Tories experienced yet [...]
The Prime Minister – has announced the General Election for May 6 with the rallying call to his party: ‘Let’s go to it’
I tell you it’s enough to shake a chap’s confidence in Her Majesty’s Press. It was barely a month ago that my trembling fingers reached for a Sunday paper proclaiming in huge type, all over the front page, that Gordon Brown was “on course” to win the election. So imagine my feelings of bewilderment yesterday [...]
