Conservatives
The Tories should drop their obsession with small government
The Thatcherite caricature of Conservatives as small state crusaders only alienates the majority of the electorate
By Ryan Shorthouse | Eagle Eye | Friday, 23 November 2012 at 7:57 pm
Why the rebellious Tory trend of 2012 must end, if they want to win the election
After a seven-week break, MPs arrived back in Westminster this morning –a whole fortnight before the next recess. With the imminently-expected cabinet reshuffle, all eyes will be on the political big shots over the next week. But this isn’t the only thing on the Conservative Party agenda.
By Callum Jones | Notebook, Opinion | Monday, 3 September 2012 at 1:45 pm
Aidan Burley and why the Tory party need to tackle bigotry head on
This year has seen a string of catastrophic events, including significant errors made by government ministers, piling more pressure on Cameron – as with each occasion the buck ultimately stops with him – and once again his judgment is under the spotlight.
By Richard Sudan | Opinion | Saturday, 28 July 2012 at 4:04 pm
Baroness Warsi’s troubles are not black-and-white
Prime Minister David Cameron has ordered an investigation into Baroness Warsi’s conduct under the Ministerial Code. He has not ordered the same investigation into the conduct of Jeremy Hunt. It is arguable that both Warsi and Hunt are at fault. The accusation of double standards has arisen, as have implications of racism and sexism against the critics of Baroness Warsi.
By Musa Okwonga | Notebook, Opinion | Wednesday, 6 June 2012 at 11:41 am
Cameron should ignore the calls for an early election: the Tories need the liberals
The electorate punished the Liberal Democrats in the local elections. But the UK is becoming more liberal. And this is why the Tories, despite calls for Cameron to go the polls now, should stay in coalition with the Liberals.
By Ryan Shorthouse | Eagle Eye | Tuesday, 17 May 2011 at 4:45 pm
On Lansley and the NHS: Absolute Camateurs
Contrary to the Tory caricature of a creaking public service, the NHS is, in fact, a relatively dynamic organization. The government’s recent proposals caused a flurry of activity and a series of adaptive changes have taken place already.
By Dr Russell Razzaque | Eagle Eye | Tuesday, 5 April 2011 at 4:08 pm
Shock therapy for the NHS
It’s called “the shock doctrine” and it originated in the University of Chicago over fifty years ago. It was designed by a group of economists headed by right wing ideologue Milton Friedman. They possessed an almost religious belief in an unregulated, laissez faire, free market utopia and their idea was simple; the best way to introduce whole system privatization and an unfettered free market in any arena is through chaos.
By Dr Russell Razzaque | Eagle Eye | Thursday, 20 January 2011 at 6:18 pm
The electorate is not a person
The essence of democracy is disagreement, not consensus. As Karl Popper argued, we should beware the idea that exists a Rousseauian “general will” of the public, that can be identified by political leaders.
By Ben Chu | Eagle Eye | Thursday, 6 January 2011 at 1:20 pm
Paul Goodman is too liberal with his history
The Liberals did split when Joseph Chamberlain and his followers decided that they couldn’t live with Irish Home Rule. But Gladstone’s Liberal Party always outnumbered them.
By Ben Chu | Eagle Eye | Wednesday, 22 December 2010 at 7:41 pm
Burying bad news? The stories you might have missed…
This morning news broke that David Cameron had chosen to axe two members of his “vanity staff” after he reversed his decision to employ a personal photographer and camerawoman at the taxpayers’ expense. We look at the other stories slipped out of the back door today.
By Mark Ferguson | Eagle Eye | Tuesday, 16 November 2010 at 5:30 pm
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