How marvelous, there is now an iPhone application designed to make an MP accountable called MyMP. I sincerely can't think of a better way to make an MP more accountable to his constituents than by producing an application for a [...]

I’ve commented on the fate of the 21 Conservative MPs who voted against reform of Parliamentary expenses (in brief: nearly all of them have since had to pay back money or had an expenses scandal come to light). That was one [...]

Yesterday Dave had a go at the hidden hand in our democracy: Now we all know that expenses has dominated politics for the last year. But if anyone thinks that cleaning up politics means dealing with this alone and then forgetting [...]

Today in Times comment David Aaronovitch: How Amnesty chose the wrong poster-boy Rachel Sylvester: They're all ignoring political climate change Robert Crampton: This beard thing is growing from the roots up Andy Hayman: A bully and liar who played the system Andrew Haldenby: Getting [...]

Oh Lord, what has Twitter become! Whilst I don't agree with Maguire's politics, I did find this little retelling of his Twitter updates in Parliament rather amusing. Stupid Lib Dem activists!I spoke this morning to Kevin Maguire, the respected Daily [...]

Michelle Obama is in a tradition of First Ladies who don't want to be simply smiling supporters for their man (Patron Saint, Eleanor Roosevelt). But it is a tricky business, finding something meaty enough to be meaningful without straying too [...]

During today ConservativeHome is offering ten reminders as to why we can vote Conservative with confidence and enthusiasm. We don't plan to exhaustively list every shadow cabinet minister and their portfolios but to offer ten good reasons why we can [...]

In light of the conviction of the thoroughly bent copper, and former president of the National Black Police Association, Ali Dizaei, are we about to see the Metropolitan Police enter a "post-post-Macpherson" era?For the last decade, the Met seems to [...]

The map that changed my view of the election I’ve shown this before but it’s worth running again as we try focus on why things might be different in the marginals. For combined with the Andy Cooke analysis and the [...]

 With the prospect of another even more dangerous snow storm on its way - which could mean an additional two feet of grief for the Nation's Capital, Northern Virginia and Maryland - people here are focusing on ways to survive without [...]

I seem to spend an inordinate amount of time these days sitting in sessions about New Media and politics in which men tell women why women don’t blog. The New Media debate at the Progressive London conference this month was [...]

I wasn’t expecting that. The Times has reported its latest opinion poll. It has reported the changes in party share of the vote. And then Peter Riddell has said, These shifts are within the margin of error Why’s that impressive? Because nearly every opinion [...]

The BBC reported over the weekend: An influential group of MPs and peers has said the government’s approach to illegal file-sharing could breach the rights of internet users. The Joint Select Committee on Human Rights said the government’s Digital Economy Bill needed [...]

1. James Cleverly doesn't think Brown could have handled things worse.2. Adam Boulton on the Straw man.3. Mark D'Arcy on jostling for position in a hung parliament.4. SNP Tactical Voting on the difference political blogging makes.5. Paul Waugh on when [...]

‘We just need to ram Gordon Brown down the electorate’s throat’ one Tory staffer said to me today when talking about how the party could get back on the front foot. The unspoken thought was that the prospect of five [...]

It will be even worse nowEver since Tyler can remember, Britain's old industrial heartlands have been a disaster area. Once they'd lost their traditional industries like steel and shipbuilding, something very bad happened to them - they seemed to lose the will [...]

The other day, I posted concerning five things to do to avoid throwing away the election, namely being right, worthy of victory, clear, relevantly substantive, and proportionate.  Some of you expressed an interest in how I thought we were doing [...]

Press release from CCHQ...Speaking after the news that the Labour Party have dropped their official lawyers until after the cases of the three Labour MPs have concluded, Conservative Party Chairman Eric Pickles said: "After two days of claiming that there [...]

Populus’s monthly poll for the Times is now out here. The topline figures, with changes from Populus’s previous poll in early January, are CON 40%(-1), LAB 30%(+2), LDEM 20%(+1). The poll was conducted between the 5th and 7th of February, [...]

The Conservative lead is 10% in a Populus poll for tomorrow's Times.In the FT Philip Stephens urges Conservatives to keep calm:"It is too soon for Mr Cameron to panic. His party is still nine points ahead. Assuming it does moderately [...]