Posts Tagged “tim montgomerie”
Jon Cruddas: in favour of a 45 top-rate of tax before he was against it
by Stephen Tall on April 7, 2013
Sarah Teather isn’t the only MP attacking George Osborne today. Ed Miliband’s policy chief Jon Cruddas has strong words for the Chancellor in the Sunday People, accusing him of “cruelty” and of “giving a tax cut to millionaires” by dropping the top-rate of tax from 50% to 45% for those earning more than £150,000. So [...]
The day Lord Bonkers and Philip Collins agreed: the Tories just aren’t up to governing
by Stephen Tall on February 6, 2013
This tweet today from The Times’s Philip Collins — mid-debate between Tim Montgomerie and Matthew d’Ancona about the tortuous fate of Tory modernisation — caught my attention: @matthewdancona @timmontgomerie We all thought the Lib Dems might not be up to (…)
5 initial thoughts on David Cameron’s Europe speech
by Stephen Tall on January 23, 2013
David Cameron delivered his long, long-awaited speech on Europe this morning (text here). Caron’s rounding up the reactions from Lib Dems here – but here are my five initial thoughts… This is the speech Cameron didn’t want ever to have to give. Let’s be clear, David Cameron is making this speech now to try and [...]
The political year reviewed on BBC Radio 4′s The Westminster Hour (with me and others)
by Stephen Tall on December 24, 2012
Together with ConservativeHome‘s Tim Montgomerie and Labour blogger Hopi Sen I guested on BBC Radio 4′s The Westminster Hour last night, discussing The Political Year That Was with presenter Carolyn Quinn. You can listen to our 20-minute conversation here: Send (…)
The 2015 election: Lib Dem prospects in two sentences
by Stephen Tall on December 6, 2012
I spoke at a Brands2Life breakfast meeting on Tuesday, alongside ConservativeHome’s Tim Montgomerie and Policy Network’s Patrick Diamond, looking at Lib Dem hopes/fears for the 2015 general election. It was an interesting, non-partisan dissection of the three main parties’ prospects, (…)
A headline I didn’t expect ever to write: Tory right-wing calls for affirmative action in public sector
by Stephen Tall on October 30, 2012
I did a bit of a double-take on reading Fraser Nelson’s latest column in the Telegraph complaining that David Cameron has been ‘strikingly relaxed’ about appointments to government-funded bodies. ‘His allies say that he has been too much of a gentleman to play Labour’s game and start stuffing quangos with Tory placemen,’ says Fraser, whose [...]
Your essential weekend reader — 8 must-read articles you may have missed
by Stephen Tall on October 20, 2012
It’s Saturday morning, so here are eight thought-provoking articles to stimulate your thinking juices… Three big things I’ve got wrong since I’ve starting blogging and commenting – ConservativeHome’s Tim Montgomerie confesses to a trio of big errors on the NHS, higher-rate tax and equalities: “One of the many reasons I don’t want to be an [...]
ConHome pushes case for Vince Cable as Lib Dem leader. It’s enough to make you wonder why…
by Stephen Tall on September 22, 2012
You’ve gotta love ConservativeHome. No, really. This morning Tim Montgomerie reports a deliciously mischief-making poll from YouGov, commissioned by the Lord Ashcroft-backed site, comparing the standing of Nick Clegg, Vince Cable and the Liberal Democrats in general. It won’t surprise anyone to learn that Vince Cable performs better than Nick Clegg in all the measures [...]
CentreForum’s ‘Liberal Hero of the Week’ #12 – Bernard Jenkin MP (PS: he’s also our Liberal Villain #2)
by Stephen Tall on August 31, 2012
Welcome to the twelfth in our series — Liberal Hero of the Week — as chosen by Stephen Tall, Co-Editor of Liberal Democrat Voice, and Research Associate at CentreForum. The aim is simple enough: to showcase public figures who help promote the four liberal tenets identified in The Orange Book: economic, personal, political and social liberalism. [...]
Conservatives confuse me sometimes…
by Stephen Tall on August 15, 2012
Why do Conservatives confuse me? Well, here’s my good sparring friend Tim Montgomerie this morning expressing outrage at a Lib Dems conference motion up for debate in September: MT @chrisshipitv LDs say they’ll ask conf to reject Boris’ ThamesEstuary airport (…)
