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Fixed-term Parliaments: better by standing orders?
Last week Malcolm Jack, the Clerk of the House of Commons, got a little flurry of media coverage for his evidence before a Parliamentary committee considering the proposed legislation for fixed-term...
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Which Way’s Up? The long-term future of the coalition
The rapid appearance since the formation of the Coalition of Conservative MP Nick Boles’s book Which Way’s Up? is a tribute to the speed with which Biteback turns round books – recognising that the...
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Voters, not politicians, will choose the future alignments of British politics
That’s the theme of the article I’ve done for the IPPR’s quarterly journal which has a series of articles looking at political realignment, including Nick Boles making a pitch for the centre-right....
View ArticleOpinion: What is worrying Labour and the Tories? Part 2
Yesterday Chris Nicholson looked at what is worrying Labour. Today he turns to the Conservatives. What’s worrying the Tories? The consensus view after the local elections was that the Tories had done...
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After the Coalition: A Conservative agenda for Britain
Collections of policy essays from new or junior MPs rarely have much of an impact or shelf-life in British politics, but however fallible their predictions for the future they can be illuminating about...
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Opinion: Mr Quelch muscles in on localism
“Fellows near Mr. Quelch’s study window heard a sound from within—the rhythmic sound of a cane on trousers.” Just who, I wondered, as I watched the House of Commons Select Committee hearing held last...
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Nick Boles calls for National Liberal revival AKA Nick Boles invents a safe...
Nick Boles is the Conservative planning minister, one of the few Tories to take the housing crisis seriously and to risk unpopularity within his own party by making clear we need to build more homes....
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Nick Clegg’s Letter from the Leader: “Smack bang in the liberal centre – the...
Tory planning minister Nick Coles’ admission this week that the Conservative brand is still tainted provides the cue for Nick Clegg to stake the liberal flag squarely in the centre ground once again....
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