Duty Editor
Interviews
Genocide in Darfur
- Andrew Mitchell MP: Our 'Responsibility to Protect' Darfur
- 'Hello, it's David Cameron calling from Sudan'
- UN fails Darfur again
- Andrew Mitchell MP: Britain must lead the international community in getting tough with Khartoum
- William Hague MP and Andrew Mitchell MP on Darfur: The World Watches, Weeps... and Dithers
- Will David Cameron talk about Darfur in his big speech?
- David Cameron answers a question on Darfur... and disappoints
- Nicholas D Kristof: A Wimp on Genocide
- 400,000 dead in Sudan. Anyone interested?
Political funding
- John Redwood calls for an end to 'big money politics'
- Cameron and Ashcroft are both wrong on political funding
- Francis Maude attacks Labour's increasing dependence on union funding
- Anyone mind paying for Cherie's haircuts?
- State funding rejected by 81% of Conservative members
- 77% oppose public money for political parties
- Quentin Davies MP: No taxpayers' money for spin doctors, campaigning and political advertising
- Jonathan Mackie: State Funding – Deal or No Deal?
- Labour gain and state funding loses in Populus survey
- CCHQ announces names of individuals who lent £16m
Countdown to Gordon Brown
- ConservativeHome's ToryDiary: Bloomberg: Cherie Blair walks out of Brown speech
- Tories and LibDems prepare for snap Brown election
- Explosive Downing Street memo suggests that abandoning Brown may be only way of saving Labour from defeat
- Will Brown really be worse for Labour?
- David Cameron says that Brown is weak, tragic and laughable
- Cherie Blair walks out of Brown speech
- Brown grins as Blair announces that he'll be gone in a year
- Gordon Brown's attacking options look a little Sven-like
- David Gauke MP: Why Gordon Brown will call a snap election
- Wake up to Gordon Brown (6): Gordon Brown 'The Man'
- Wake up to Gordon Brown (5): The Blair relationship
- Wake up to Gordon Brown (4): Waste
- Brown still does something to the right-wing press...
- CCHQ: Seven things not mentioned in the Budget
- David Cameron's budget response
- Wake up to Gordon Brown (3): Social justice
- Wake up to Gordon Brown (2): Tax
- Wake up to Gordon Brown (1): Economic competitiveness
- Brown's popularity advantage underlines Tory challenge
- Hague opens fire on Biggles Brown
David Cameron's first 100 days
- Ten point briefing: David Cameron's first 100 days
- Matthew Elliott and James Frayne on David Cameron's first 100 days: Tax
- David Cameron on his first 100 days: A new mood of confidence and optimism
- Stephan Shakespeare on David Cameron's first 100 days: The opinion polls
- John Hayes MP on David Cameron's first 100 days: Social Justice
- Iain Murray on David Cameron's first 100 days: One Nation under Cameron?
- Peter Franklin on David Cameron's first 100 days: The environment
How is David Cameron doing?
Editor's blog choice
- Allister Heath
- Andrew Bolt (Australia)
- Archbishop Cranmer
- Bagehot (Economist)
- Benedict Brogan (Telegraph)
- Crash Bang (Mark) Wallace
- Daniel Hannan MEP
- Douglas Carswell MP
- Evening Standard Politics
- FT Westminster blog
- Gary Gibbon (Channel 4)
- Guido Fawkes
- Iain Dale
- Iain Martin
- James Chapman and Mail Political Team
- John Redwood MP
- Labour Uncut
- LabourList
- LibDemVoice
- Norman Tebbit
- Platform 10
- Right Minds (Daily Mail)
- Spectator Coffee House
- The Guardian's data blog
- UK Polling Report
- Tracker 2
- Extreme Tracker
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"After six years at the Bank of England where I studied the Russian economy, I joined the team at Conservative Central Office in 1999.
From then until 2003 I spent much of my time building relations for the Tory Party with churches, community organisations and the like.
I originally became involved in Conservative politics because of beliefs in national defence, strong families, the sanctity of every human life and my concern at the drift to 'ever closer union' with the Brussels superstate. But my travels across Britain inspired me to rediscover other authentic conservative beliefs.
Today I believe that at the heart of conservatism must be a passion to build 'one nation' of security and opportunity for all.
The 'core' Tory beliefs - on tax, Europe, crime, immigration - still matter enormously but conservatism is lifeless if not committed to Disraeli's 'elevation of the people' - at home
and abroad.I was Iain Duncan Smith's political secretary for his last two months as Conservative leader. I left the Conservative Party's payroll when he was deposed and, in my proudest political moment, helped him to establish the Centre for Social Justice.
My political hero is William Wilberforce. This devout Christian stood for a great cause - the abolition of slavery - and brought the greatest of qualities - perseverance - to ensure he succeeded.
ConservativeHome consumes half of my working life. The other half is spent at 18DoughtyStreet.com where I direct campaigns and news.
I am a regular media pundit and my broadcast experience includes Radio 4's Today, The Week in Westminster, The World at One, PM, The World Tonight, BBC1's Ten'o'clock News, BBC2's Newsnight, Channel 4 News and Fox News' Special Report. I have written for The Times, The Guardian and The Independent."
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