Iain Duncan Smith

Sarfraz Manzoor: Conservatives were there to be despised. Have they changed or have I?

guardian.co.uk     yesterday          

I have a friend who I will call Matthew, because that's his name. The one thing that is not so great about Matthew is that he is a Tory: a full-fat, Boris-backing, Cameron-cheering Conservative. It used to be easy to identify...                

Practice: Housing charity helps young mothers get on their feet

guardian.co.uk     yesterday          

Elizabeth House aims to get young mothers back on their feet and help them move on. Elizabeth House provides accommodation and help for young mothers in housing need who require 24-hour support. It is one of a number of...                

Stunts be damned. This is one of the most dramatic turnarounds in modern politics

dailymail.co.uk     Jul 19, 2008   2 related          

All four of the Conservative leaders who followed John Major after he was defeated in the electoral landslide of 1997 have pursued an almost identical path. David Cameron, Conservative Party leader, driving a dog-sled on his...                

Project Cameron has evolved but has been remarkably consistent overall

conservativehome.blogs.com     Jul 19, 2008          

Peter Oborne writes about the big Tory turnaround in today's Daily Mail. He believes that Cameron has made major changes in order to transform his opinion poll ratings of last year. Here are some of Oborne's 'evidences' with...                

Seeing bland David Cameron in person didn't inspire me

dailyrecord.co.uk     Jul 19, 2008          

I guess I am still something of a sucker for a famous face. Droll as ever, Shereen came back with "Your sitting room, or can I assume you are at the airport?" It was the airport lounge, the morning Cameron, below, visited the...                

Sketch: Sex god Nick Clegg says the duvet has had its day

timesonline.co.uk     Jul 18, 2008   33 related          

Nick Clegg, Lib Dem leader and wannabe sex god, relaunched his party yesterday with an event called Make It Happen. As ever with the Lib Dems, it was not entirely clear what “it” was. Still it was intriguing. I arrived early at...                

What's the point of prime minister's questions?

guardian.co.uk     Jul 17, 2008   3 related          

So, what is the point of prime minister's questions? In a post at the bottom of my live blog from Gordon Brown's last prime minister's questions before the summer recess, he or she wanted to know why we were "wasting our time"...                

A tale of two Davids

newstatesman.co.uk     Jul 17, 2008          

Cameron is wasting no time. But what can the former shadow home secretary do with his?In Westminster there may be a feeling of winding down, but with all the doom-laden talk of a credit crunch, David Cameron is wasting no time,...                

Party of the poor

newstatesman.co.uk     Jul 17, 2008          

Conservative politician Oliver Letwin on why he believes his party is now the one that represents the least well offSome years ago, Michael Portillo - then shadow chancellor - shocked the pundits by announcing that the...                

PMQs

bbc.co.uk     Jul 16, 2008          

You can watch me on The Daily Politics show with analysis of the Prime Minister's Questions with presenters Andrew Neil and Liz Mackean. Dawn Butler and Iain Duncan Smith join in the discussion. In order to see this content you...                

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