Tories

Trying to understand the Tories

22/02/2016 thomas 11 Comments

Westminster politics often makes me feel foreign — the fact that it doesn’t make any more sense now than it

31/01/2016 thomas 7 Comments

Some of the infighting amongst the Yes parties sometimes reminds of the Danish proverb “Frænde er frænde værst”. Literally it

21/10/2015 thomas 6 Comments

When challenged about the cuts to tax credits, the Tories typically reply that most people will be compensated by a

30/07/2015 thomas 2 Comments

Margaret Thatcher was once asked what she considered her greatest achievement. She replied, “Tony Blair and New Labour. We forced

25/05/2015 thomas 42 Comments

David Cameron has said in the past that he intends to campaign to remain in the EU provided that he

16/05/2015 thomas 14 Comments

The SNP’s huge victory in the General Election saw some truly incredible swings. It made me wonder what would have

04/02/2015 thomas 7 Comments

Lord Ashcroft’s 16 constituency polls today confirmed that the national opinion polls are correct (if anything, the swing is larger