No coalitions please, we're eurosceptics
The Conservatives won't go into another coalition government. If the public want a real change in Britain's relationship with Brussels, that means they'll have to give Tories a majority. Otherwise, no referendum and nothing will change
- 26 February 2014
UK economy set to boom in time for 2015 election
From a purely party political view, surging growth is good news for the Conservatives, neutral-positive for the Liberal-Democrats, bad news for Labour, and ambiguous news for UKIP
- 28 January 2014
A Texan alter ego and America's future
A writer from the British Isles employs his Texan alter ego to wonder at American politics. With the two big parties in mind he says, metaphorically, we now have two radical tails wagging our political dogs
- 4 January 2014
Britain's basic requirements for a new relationship with the EU
Of the main parties in Parliament, only the Tories are at all serious about dramatically changing the UK's relationship with the EU. And here are some thoughts on what could be changed, says John Redwood MP
- 19 December 2013
LibDem whining on coalition government takes pathetic-lack-of-seriousness to another level
Why does the party that has called for proportional representation for so long contain so many blockheads who don't understand that that means permanent coalition government, and compromise?
- 19 September 2013
What have the LIberal Democrats contributed to the Coalition?
Come the European election in 2014 and the General Election in 2015 there will be plenty for Conservatives and Lib Dems to disagree about, not least on Europe
- 15 September 2013
Polls still suggest Conservative-UKIP pact key for 2015
The UK media is obsessed with the decline of Labour, but the polls show there is little chance of a Tory government without a pact with UKIP in 2015
- 6 August 2013
Call Israel what you like, but don't diminish the Holocaust
Israel's critics often complain that they're shut down as anti-Semites. Maybe that's because so many of them truly are?
- 12 July 2013
What is 'Justice Across Borders'?
Pro-EU political pressure groups are often made up of the same old names and faces. The latest astroturf lobbying effort even has major celebrities backing it...
- 9 July 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
When Get Britain Out met the Lib Dems
What it feels like to be the 'only eurosceptic in the village'...
- 11 March 2013
Can anyone, anywhere, trust Nick Clegg?
What is it about the Liberal Democrats and drawn-out scandals?
- 7 March 2013
A victory... for democracy
The showing in Eastleigh last night gives great hope that localised politics is still relevant and important in people's lives
- 1 March 2013
The Eastleigh by-election
The EU federalists must be laughing all the way to Brussels...
- 1 March 2013
Tories? Lib Dems? UKIP? Who cares?
Today's by-election will factor majorly for Westminster-obsessed political parties, but does the general public give a monkey's?
- 28 February 2013
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