A Conservative's blog

There were reports that the Conservatives had private polling indicating they were doing much better than YouGov's latest poll suggested...

Yesterday on Newsnight there was an interview with David Cameron, my favourite economics correspondent and the daughter of one of my favouri...

The Times yesterday carried this article on how GCSE science exams are being dumbed down. I have read the example paper and some of the q...

I Chris Paul has written up his comments on my story which cribbed from a report in the Sunday Times . I said that the times had reported ...

Apparently, according to today's Telegraph, which is not as yet available online, Gordon Brown may have up to 120 MP's rebelling aga...

The latest ICM poll is out in today's Guardian . It shows Labour at 39% (+1) Conservatives at 34% (+2) and the Liberal Democrats at 18% ...

Labour is potentially about to get involved in a new sleaze row involving money. The Sunday Times reports that Labour has its equivalent t...

You often hear ministers trot out numbers that show that crime is failing. In fact according to the British Crime Survey it has been falling...

I must confess I get a bit depressed when I hear of a minutes silence for this or that. We have a silence for the millions who died in both ...

I was very saddened to hear that a 21 year old described as having learning difficulties, Brent Martin, was beaten so badly in Sunderland on...

You expect murders from time to time. You even expect children to be murdered (usually by family) from time to time. However we are going th...

Firstly I am pleased to see that the foot and mouth outbreak appears to be limited, I would not be surprised to hear of a few more scares, b...

There is a storm in Sussex about the sale of golliwogs, which some people complain are racist. You can see the video report from South East...

In a study reported on in Today's Grauniad , an unbelievable report says that longer trips to Accident and Emergency costs lives. Govern...

It appears that the baby snatchers are at work even where they do not believe there is an immediate risk. A couple in Calderdale in Yorkshir...

It is with regret that I expect oil prices to rise, as hurricane Dean threatens oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Rather oddly summer in ...

Today the Daily Mail carries a story of a woman, Catherine Brown who was advised to have a chemically induced abortion at 18 weeks, because...

Normal service will be resumed during Saturday evening. Just thought I would let you know. -- Kind regards Benedict White

Well at least there is some good news on the financial markets tonight. Yesterday's losses have been wiped out. It did take the US Feder...

There has been another day of losses on the stockmarket today, a bit like last Friday which I called black Friday. The papers did not major ...