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The £1,440 could be presented as a mortgage bombshell a la 1992.
Commented Mar 13, 2010 on Vote Labour and pay £1,440 more on your mortgage at thetorydiary
Vote Labour and pay £1,440 more on your mortgage
Earlier today the Conservatives launched this poster (click to enlarge) and related petition: Nick Herbert MP, Shadow DEFRA Secretary, commented: “Labour’s classic response to every problem is to create a new tax. The dog tax will just pile more cost onto ordinary owners whose pets pose no ri...
Peter, Nigel, Any chance of something constructive from either of you two?
Commented Mar 10, 2010 on Should the Tories be the party of reassurance or rescue? at thetorydiary
Should the Tories be the party of reassurance or rescue?
"Cameron is a politician who quells, smooths, conflates, reassures." So writes Michael Wolff within a new profile of David Cameron in Vanity Fair magazine. I've always liked pieces about our political scene written for foreign journals. They tend to cut through the daily noise and paint a big ...
It's an outrage that the Today program didn't report this. Instead they majored on The Guardian's Tories-want-to-ruin-the-NI-peace-process crap.
Commented Mar 9, 2010 on Chris Grayling vindicated as independent evaluation concludes violent crime has risen by 44% under Labour at thetorydiary
Chris Grayling vindicated as independent evaluation concludes violent crime has risen by 44% under Labour
A few weeks ago Shadow Home Secretary Chris Grayling appeared to get into something of a pickle after the head of the statistics agency criticised him. Mr Grayling has waited patiently for vindication and gets it this morning. The core of the problem is that Labour changed the way crime statisti...
The NHS is a bigger issue on the doorstep than crime where I am. Leaflets must be local specific.
Commented Mar 7, 2010 on It's time to stop apologising for being Conservative at thetorydiary
It's time to stop apologising for being Conservative
The über-modernisers' idea that the main Tory challenge is to avoid being offensive is raised (yet again) by two columnists in today's newspapers: Andrew Rawnsley's column in today's Observer: ""Vote for change" is the cliched but simple Tory election slogan. It ought to be their most powerf...
The new Sainsburys slogan is Try something new today. We could use that instead of Vote for change!!!
Commented Mar 6, 2010 on Good government costs less with the Conservatives, says David 'Sainsbury's' Cameron at thetorydiary
Good government costs less with the Conservatives, says David 'Sainsbury's' Cameron
Finally, we may be getting closer to clarity on the Tories' economic message. Adapting J Sainsbury's slogan, Good food costs less at Sainsbury's, David Cameron has just told Welsh conservatives gathered at their annual conference in Llandudno that he has a plan to attack Labour's "monster budget...
This is better politics than telling dissatisfied parents they need to set up new schools.
Commented Mar 6, 2010 on Gove will invite best minds to draw up a traditionalist core curriculum for Britain's schools at thetorydiary
Gove will invite best minds to draw up a traditionalist core curriculum for Britain's schools
Overshadowed by the furore over Lord Ashcroft's tax disclosure the Conservatives had dedicated the last week to their education plans. ConHome has covered some aspects of this education week including promises to restore confidence in 'A' levels, increase the freedom of Academies and reduce th...
You have a face for radio Tim.
Commented Mar 4, 2010 on Tim Montgomerie, David Hill and Tim Razzall talk to Jon Snow about Channel 4's YouGov marginals poll at PlayPolitical.com - Conservative Party
Tim Montgomerie, David Hill and Tim Razzall talk to Jon Snow about Channel 4's YouGov marginals poll
Details of the poll.
Dull answers. Gorgeous photograph.
Commented Mar 2, 2010 on Paul Goodman interviews Theresa Villiers at ConservativeHome's Interviews
Paul Goodman interviews Theresa Villiers
In the second of a series of interviews - Jeremy Hunt was first - Paul Goodman interviews the Shadow Secretary of State for Transport. Nick Herbert MP is next in the series. I’m biased in favour of Theresa Villiers. Since MPs are meant to declare their interests, this should be made clear up ...
Grayling's work rate is indeed remarkable. He's an example to the rest of the shadow cabinet.
Commented Mar 2, 2010 on Who should be the Tory attack dog? at thetorydiary
Who should be the Tory attack dog?
That's the question asked by Peter Hoskin over at Coffee House. It's an urgent question as Cameron must stop the character attacks on Brown. My mum is my best political advisor (she has accurately predicted every election victory throughout my life) and it's the one thing she likes least about t...
Good, but it shouldn't have taken this long.
Commented Mar 1, 2010 on Lord Ashcroft: I'm a non-dom but will soon become a full UK taxpayer at thetorydiary
Lord Ashcroft: I'm a non-dom but will soon become a full UK taxpayer
Lord Ashcroft has just issued this statement via his personal website. He has clarified his tax status, saying he is a non-dom. He notes that two of Labour's biggest donors enjoy the same tax status. He agrees to abandon this status in order to comply with David Cameron's requirement that all ...
Love it!
Commented Feb 27, 2010 on Your chance to be Alistair Darling escaping Ed Balls & Co in the 'Forces of Hell' video game at LeftWatch
Your chance to be Alistair Darling escaping Ed Balls & Co in the 'Forces of Hell' video game
Click here to play.
Hague told Marr's Sunday show that Ashcroft only accounts for 2pc of Tory fundraising. That fact needs to be set against 80pc of Labour funding coming from the unions.
Commented Feb 27, 2010 on The Independent's attack on Lord Ashcroft backfires, revealing that 81% of target seat funding comes from local activists at ConservativeHome's Seats & Candidates blog
The Independent's attack on Lord Ashcroft backfires, revealing that 81% of target seat funding comes from local activists
The Independent today declares that Ashcroft's war-chest targets marginals. Closer examination of the story reveals that the vast bulk of the money spent in target seats is actually raised locally: "The Tories have spent £6m over two years in the parliamentary seats that hold the key to gene...
I fear this will distract from the main conference. I won't be going.
Commented Feb 25, 2010 on Could Britain have an anti-tax revolution? Dan Hannan wants to get one going. at thetorydiary
Could Britain have an anti-tax revolution? Dan Hannan wants to get one going.
The American people face neither the tax nor the regulatory burdens of the average Briton but they are up in arms at the fiscal incontinence of Barack Obama. The Tea Party Movement is a massive phenomenon in the US and the issues it champions help explain why Obama got sucker punched in one of h...
I third Adam and Peter Pragnell. Good piece Louise.
Commented Feb 25, 2010 on No guts, no glory at CentreRight
No guts, no glory
Six points with YouGov. Seven with ICM. Nine with Harris. Twelve with Angus Reid. Fourteen with Angus Reid in the top 150 marginals. Confusing? Sure. But really, so what? My heroine, Margaret Thatcher, famously said that when she left politics she was going to start a "rent-a-spine" business. It...
Exactly the right tone from Green.
Commented Feb 25, 2010 on Immigration is "out of control" under Labour, says Damian Green at LeftWatch
Immigration is "out of control" under Labour, says Damian Green
Who can believe Labour's promises to control immigration? Figures just released show that... More student visas were issued last year than ever before. The number at 273,610 was up 31% on 2008. The overall number of visas issued was 1,996,500, an increase of 2% on 2008. Grants of settlement ...
We'll fix the deficit by ending wasteful spending. We'll cut taxes on business to boost growth. We'll cut regulation of small business.
Commented Feb 21, 2010 on How should the Tory economic message be described? at thetorydiary
How should the Tory economic message be described?
I've already sought your advice on best Tory policies and best attack lines on Labour. How should we describe Tory economic policy for the ideal leaflet? The current Tory wording is "we'll rebuild our broken economy". A longer version is here: "We will ensure stability, build a more balanced e...
I don't mind selling shares but not (as Osborne proposes) at a discount. "Cheap shares" is the Sunday Times headline. No!
Commented Feb 21, 2010 on George Osborne plans to sell discounted shares in state-owned banks to ordinary Britons at thetorydiary
George Osborne plans to sell discounted shares in state-owned banks to ordinary Britons
The Sunday Times reports that George Osborne is planning to sell shares in the nationalised banks to ordinary Britons at a discount in order to reward them for seeing their money as taxpayers rescue the troubled financial institutions. Young people and those on low incomes will get even steepe...
Scrap ID cards should be on the list.
Commented Feb 21, 2010 on Is this a comprehensive list of our doorstep pledges? at thetorydiary
Is this a comprehensive list of our doorstep pledges?
I'm preparing the end-February poll of readers and one of the questions will attempt to identify the best doorstep pledges. Two questions for you as I attempt to get the survey content right: Have I missed any in the list below? Could any of them be worded better? Thanks! More funding for t...
Oh god. So stupid from Osborne. Byrne is right. Every penny must go to cutting the deficit. The deficit is either the number one issue or it isn't. The Tory leadership must make their mind up.
Commented Feb 21, 2010 on George Osborne plans to sell discounted shares in state-owned banks to ordinary Britons at thetorydiary
George Osborne plans to sell discounted shares in state-owned banks to ordinary Britons
The Sunday Times reports that George Osborne is planning to sell shares in the nationalised banks to ordinary Britons at a discount in order to reward them for seeing their money as taxpayers rescue the troubled financial institutions. Young people and those on low incomes will get even steepe...
Although too Eurosceptic for me, everything I've heard about Nadhim has been positive. This is good news.
Commented Feb 20, 2010 on Nadhim Zahawi selected for Stratford-on-Avon at ConservativeHome's Seats & Candidates blog
Nadhim Zahawi selected for Stratford-on-Avon
Tonight saw the final selection of the outstanding safe Conservative seats, in Stratford-on-Avon, where John Maples is standing down. Nadhim Zahawi was selected from a field of six candidates after three ballots and inherits a notional Conservative majority of 10,928. He is co-founder and CEO ...
Something Inside So Strong.
Commented Feb 20, 2010 on What should be Cameron's campaign anthem? at thetorydiary
What should be Cameron's campaign anthem?
Gordon Brown has just entered his campaign launch to the song, Your Love is Lifting Me Higher and Higher. What should be Cameron's campaign theme?
Although I'm not mad keen on the Mail they did back Ken Clarke as Tory leadership candidate in 01 and 05.
Commented Feb 20, 2010 on Why, Mr Dacre, haven't you declared war on Labour? at thetorydiary
Why, Mr Dacre, haven't you declared war on Labour?
The Sun backed the Tories six months ago and has been publishing fiery stuff against Labour ever since. Today it warns that Britain is heading to the rocks under Brown. The Telegraph has become increasingly positive since Simon Heffer lost his role in setting the newspaper's opinion stance. The ...
No more disastrous wars and debt explosions. We promise. Give us another chance. Please.
Commented Feb 19, 2010 on Labour's election slogan will be... "A Future Fair for All" at LeftWatch
Labour's election slogan will be... "A Future Fair for All"
...on the 10pm news apparently. What would it be if it was honest? 10pm: The Guardian reveals it to be "A Future Fair for All".
Labour had 364 economists in 1981 and they were wrong then. 60 are still wrong today.
Commented Feb 19, 2010 on Guess which group of economists were given more prominence by the BBC this week? at LeftWatch
Guess which group of economists were given more prominence by the BBC this week?
I'm not one for conspiracy theories about BBC bias, but during the day several people have commented on the undue prominence given on the Beeb's news bulletins to the economists' letter to this morning's FT in support of Gordon Brown delaying spending cuts. Although the long-awaited appearance ...
Still too close for comfort though. I hope there are still Shy Tories.
Commented Feb 18, 2010 on YouGov's first daily poll for The Sun suggests that Brown's interview with Piers Morgan had no discernible effect on voting intentions at thetorydiary
YouGov's first daily poll for The Sun suggests that Brown's interview with Piers Morgan had no discernible effect on voting intentions
Today's Sun has a YouGov poll, which it states is the first of what will now be a daily poll from the firm in the run-up to the general election. Polls will be published daily from Tuesday to Friday for the time being, rising to seven days a week for the final four weeks before polling day. Toda...
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