The soft and cuddly tories have a lust for blood and killing,we have to stop tearing ourselves apart and turn our guns on Dave the snake oil salesman.

Why are there so many tories commenting on everything here?

Gordon Brown has ruled out the possibility of his taking part in a US style televised debate with David Cameron and Nick Clegg in the run up to the next General Election.

Labour party is calling for an apology from Cameron on remarks he has made today in a speech, where he said that Government support for trips to Auschwitz was a 'gimmick', one of many used by Brown.


"Trips to Auschwitz" was listed as one of 26 'gimmicks' in a briefing note from the Tory party accompanying Mr Cameron's speech in Bolton.

The Telegraph's Andrew Grimson gets it about right when he comments that David Cameron risks appearing lightweight when compared to Gordon Brown.

I particularly liked the following comment on Grimson's Telegraph blog: 'Both Osborne and Cameron come across as privileged rustafarians, never having held down a proper job in their lives, and more importantly, neither have been responsble for running a business so as to pay their staff in their pampered lives. This is the Tories' biggest weakness. Hearing speeches from those two is like having a lecture on economics given by Paris Hilton.'

David Davies' outburst today against Gordon Brown is a smokescreen to hide the Tories hurried scrabble to get out of the Derek Conway row.

Look at this: last week Cameron announced his FRONT BENCH would have until April to declare if they employed family members - ie: were guilty of the same misappropriation of taxpayers money as Derek Conway. That gave them two months to stop doing it and put their houses in order.

Today he changed his mind and said they would have until JULY to do it. Remember this is front benchers not back benchers, he isn't asking them to declare anything at all.

It looks to me like one of the Tory Front Bench is being protected from having to delcare something embarrassing - let's see if we can find out who it is.

2 leaks in less than a week...

First, the 'Police, Cameron. Action' announcement last week, coming immediately after Cabinet discussion and impending moves on the same... (Nick Robinson refered to this on the Politics Show last week)

Now, David Davis claiming he wrote to the PM on the bugging back in December...

Gordon Brown is well known for his fondness of US politics and for holidaying in the US, but as the Presidential primaries get underway, what would be his relationship with the next occupant of the White House?

Cameron clone 'calamity' Clegg has narrowly won the Lib Dem leadership.

Today Neil Hamilton wrote in the Sunday Express that the  “HALESOWEN Tories should revolt at the sacking of their candidate, Nigel Hastilow, for saying, “Enoch was right. He was. And nearly everybody thinks so, especially in places most affected by immigration such as the West Midlands. None of the main parties will tell the truth. No wonder the BNP is picking up votes.

The spineless response of the Tory leadership proves their recent conversion from windmill-loving and hoodie-hugging is only skin-deep.

They are still miles away from connecting with ordinary people, whose cities have been overwhelmed by immigrants who will neither integrate nor accept our culture. Margaret Thatcher harvested many of her votes because she articulated the fear of being “swamped” by alien cultures. Who speaks for England now?”

Will Parbury from Parburypolitica examines a changing Conservative party

Help Nick Clegg make up his mind to run for Lib Dem leadership.

A discussion about liberal conservatism

Dave on regurgitated announcements

Dave's conference show.

The Tory fight back and the 'save Dave' campaign has begun in earnest today following the Tory leader's return from his sojourn in France (unlike Gordon who has hardly taken a day off since parliament went into recess).

The task confronting Cameron is a huge one. Nick Wood, the former adviser to Hague and IDS, argues that Cameron needs to stop trying to be popular and focus more on being right.

According to Wood

'his (Cameron's) position on tax is muddled, his position on reform of health and education is too timid, and his profile in areas such as youth crime, Europe, immigration and waste of public money is almost invisible.'