MIP Perspectives
Political recovery depends on economic recovery. Dave has to ditch “Little Europe”
Like his idol Tony Blair before him, David Cameron's watchword is modernisation. - 5 Aug 2012
Coming in on a wing and a prayer. Look. It’s Supercam
So who is David Cameron? His media blitz threw up some intriguing possibilities. - 24 Apr 2012
Will Dave’s media blitz blow away the Omnishambles? Not unless he’s prepared to make big changes
The media are likely to brand it a relaunch. After the "omnishambles" of the past few weeks, David Cameron will take to the airways this morning - 22 Apr 2012
Dave in a cold climate: The PM should remember what happened to the dinosaurs
Is it bad, very bad, or very very bad?, ask bewildered Government advisers as they struggle to comprehend the "omnishambles" that has engulfed the Coalition over the past few weeks. - 20 Apr 2012
A ‘bonkers’ tax on conservatories? Yes, Prime Minister, but you were part of it
You campaign in poetry and govern in prose, is one of the neatest truisms about the harsh realities of power - 17 Apr 2012
Are the “swivel-eyed cranks and fruitcakes” about to take revenge?
Michael Howard branded them "cranks and gadflies." David Cameron dubbed them "fruitcakes, loonies and closest racists." - 15 Apr 2012
Class war is back. But in the vacuum of today’s politics, it is all about style not substance
Class war has always been a factor in British politics - 9 Apr 2012
Osborne’s smash and grab on middle class yummy mummies’ child benefit has come unstuck
George Osborne is a man with two jobs. In the morning, he is our inspired Chancellor of the Exchequer. After lunch (and it can't be a long one), he is Dave's far-sighted political strategist - 6 Mar 2012
Dave’s onto a winner with welfare reform. But the polling suggests the public want him to go further
The health Bill may be in tatters, the surge in popular support sparked by Dave's EU veto may have dissipated - 1 Mar 2012
Time to rewrite the UK aid policy
Like millions of people on Monday I read with horror that over the last few years the UK government has been funding aid to Argentina - 1 Mar 2012
Top Five Articles
TUC anti cuts survey says nothing new
TUC survey attacking Big Society is not only misleading but complete and utter rubbish - 2 Aug 2011
The internet: a place where even our political leaders sometimes look silly
The internet, for all its capacity for disseminating knowledge, facts and opinions, can also be a massive time waster. - 23 Feb 2011
Arab uprisings expose the moral gymnastics of the Left
Only the liberal Left can combine hypocrisy, smugness and intellectual confusion in equal measure at much the same time. - 22 Feb 2011
Protests, U-turns and a failure of government messaging
After Caroline Spelman told the Commons last week that the government had "got it wrong" on the policy of selling off the country's state-owned forests, many people were quick to credit the embattled Environment Secretary with "a good U-turn." - 21 Feb 2011
When a nudge becomes a shove
The Coalition Agreement stated that “Our Government will be a much smarter one, shunning the bureaucratic levers of the past and finding intelligent ways to encourage, support and enable people to make better choices for themselves.” - 10 Mar 2011
