Articles tagged David Cameron:
The Change Coalition is Coming
- 9 May 2010
I've noted with wry amusement that ever since I came out as an enthusiast for the Change Coalition, the media invites have dried up. Believe me, after Friday's marathon I am hardly complaining. I can do with the rest, but note how the news channels are concentrating on using T...
A Few Thoughts on the Election Result
- 7 May 2010
An astonishing night. As predicted there was no such thing as a national swing. Seats the Tories should have won, they didn't and others no one predicted they would win, they did. What no one predicted was the disastrous night the LibDems have experienced. Not only will they e...
What Next?
- 7 Jan 2010
Many things remain unclear, but let's stick to what we know. We know that David Cameron has said he believes there should be a "strong governmment in the national interest". We also know that Nick Clegg has said that he would first talk to the party which has most seats and mo...
Reflections on the 2009 Conservative Conference
- 8 Oct 2009
First of all, a heartfelt apology. I know I have been a useless blogger this week. I always find it difficult to do good blogging at conferences. This year, for some reason, I just couldn't motivate myself to blog much. It was partly that I didn't go into the conference hall m...
My Verdict on the Leaders Debate
- 15 Apr 2009
Well, it wasn't that exciting. In fact at times it was damned tedious. There was no huge gaffe, no devastating oneliners. No real funnies. Brown kept trying to agree with Nick Clegg to forge an alliance against David Cameron. By the end it was laughable. But overall, I...
My 2008 Conservative Conference Diary
- 30 Sep 2008
Conference Diary Sunday The trouble with party conferences is that it is very difficult to keep tabs with the media narrative. Most of the journalists I have met so far seem completely knackered and willing the party conference season to be over. I suspect that the big stor...
Top Ten Ways David Cameron Would Benefit From National Service
- 8 Sep 2007
Today's Top Ten on Vox Politix will be TOP TEN JOBS GORDON BROWN DIDN'T OFFER JOHN BERCOW, PATRICK MERCER & MATTHEW TAYLOR. Your suggestions please. And yesterday's final list lined up like this... TOP TEN WAYS DAVID CAMERON WOULD BENEFIT FROM NATIONAL SERVICE Num...
Indicating to the Right? Return to a Core Vote Strategy? Er, No...
- 30 Aug 2007
At ten to seven this morning I woke to the sound of my mobile ringing. It was the Today programme. Oh God, I thought, who's died. Luckily no one had. They wanted to know if I could appear on their programme in the the following hour to talk about David Cameron's Newsnightinter...
My Rwanda Diary
- 29 Jul 2007
DAY ONE I've just finished packing for my trip to Rwanda. We leave at 8pm tonight from Heathrow for an overnight flight to Nairobi and then an onward flight to Kigali. I'm going to Rwanda to make three films for 18 Doughty Street - one on the genocide, one on life in Rwa...
Telegraph Column: Cameron Should Go to Rwanda
- 19 Jul 2007
Sometimes I wonder why I ever wanted to go into politics. Even as a parliamentary candidate, as part of the poor bloody infantry, everything you do is scrutinised through the cynical prism of a sceptical media. Every time you attend a community meeting or visit a school the cy...