The Wardman Wire

Politics Decoded

For someone who didn’t want to overshadow the Conservative election campaign, the timing of Lord Ashcroft’s announcement is very hard to fathom indeed. In fact it is quite astonishing and Cameron, despite claiming otherwise, can not be pleased with being pushed down the headlines.
After the bombshell weekend poll from YouGov, today was fight back [...]

Writing obituaries for the Conservative party is vastly premature, they are still the clear favourites to win in May and are performing well in the key marginal seats. However, there can be no denying that something is wrong at Tory HQ at the moment and things are no going entirely to plan.
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Bully or victim?
Are we witnessing one of the finest spin operations for many a year or is bullygate just a non-story? As is so often with these things, I think the reality lies somewhere between the two.
The reactions from either side of the political divide could not be more marked. Diehard Tories are [...]

Too right?
Much has been made of Fraser Nelson recent criticism of David Cameron and his playing it safe tactics. Nelson would rather see Cameron take on a few more risks, announce some more bold policies and for the Tories to begin to set themselves out as different. In short, he thinks that the [...]