What next for a defeated candidate at GE2015?
The media rightly focus on the winners after an election. But what about those who didn’t make it? Antony Calvert stood in Wakefield this time and against Ed Balls last time. He says it's like a hangover: it'll be all right in the end
- 27 May 2015
Ed Miliband's indecent SNP proposal
The Labour leader betrayed his own brother, tore his family apart and has an arrogant disdain for British businesses. His latest plot to team up with the Scottish National Party is entirely fitting with his lack of character and is another reminder why he is not fit to be Prime Minster of this great country.
- 11 March 2015
Liam Fox overtakes George Osborne in ‘future leader’ poll
Leadership poll for Conservative Home shows sharp rise in support for right-leaning former cabinet minister, Liam Fox
- 4 March 2015
Labour’s pink van sham is the latest Miliband blunder
Labour’s latest pink van blunder demonstrates how Ed Miliband is becoming a political parody instead of a Prime Minister in waiting. With voters anxious about the economy, jobs and growth a joke Prime Minister is the last thing they need
- 13 February 2015
UKIP axes manifesto chief
In the latest anonymous briefing to the national press from a Farage aide, Tim Aker, the party’s manifesto chief is smeared as ‘selfish’ and lightweight.
- 20 January 2015
NHS Trust cyber security spending increases fivefold
Dramatic rise in cyber security spending at leading NHS Trust shows that information security and patient privacy is high on the health service agenda
- 6 January 2015
After Mid Staffs, Labour’s NHS lies won’t fool voters
When Labour have a shadow health secretary with Andy Burnham’s credentials, it is hardly surprising that the latest ComRes poll shows that 22 percent of people say David Cameron is the party leader they most trust to manage the NHS, with Ed Miliband on 20 percent. Labour's lies aren't working
- 4 January 2015
It’s a Wonderful Life, a political message to heed
For many families in Britain and around the world, including Culture Secretary Sajid Javid, no festive celebration is complete without the annual family viewing of one of the most inspiring movies ever created. The secret to the film's enduring legacy is that so many of the issues it explores are still relevant today, says Clare George-Hilley
- 23 December 2014
Weird Ed isn't so weird - and why that doesn't even matter
Whilst they may not like it, the Tories may need to learn a thing or two about 'weird Ed'. No amount of harking on about the bacon sandwich incident can endear them to the voters that their policies have neglected and exploited for the last 4 years, says Kate Baldwin
- 20 December 2014
If you can't beat them, join them...
The long discussed Conservative-UKIP pact will today become more of a reality. The questions arise therefore, how, when and where?
- 2 May 2013
Bookies drop odds on Tory majority
Ladbrokes has dropped the odds on the chances of a Conservative Party majority at the next General Election
- 25 April 2013
Did Paul Ryan under perform on purpose?
Paul Ryan holds back on attacking Obama and makes the positive case for Mitt Romney
- 30 August 2012
Brussels Diary: Tickled by a Tory-UKIP election pact Edition
If someone as smart as Dan Hannan is making noises about a possible pact then the Tories must be a little scared. Now that Clegg has killed boundary changes, the next General Election might be rather fun
- 17 August 2012
The boy who miffed Miliband: An exclusive interview with Isaac Duffy
Following yesterday's video footage of Isaac Duffy grilling Labour leader Ed Miliband, The Commentator brings you an exclusive interview with the boy who miffed Miliband
- 16 July 2012
What happened to open primaries?
The death of the Labour Member of Parliament Alan Keen has prompted a by-election in London. Why are the Tories not leaving it up to the people to decide?
- 25 November 2011
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