Moments of Clarity (Free subscription) | 15/11/2008
There are a couple of interesting Tory stories doing the rounds on the blogsphere today. Firstly, the George Osborne saga continues apace with a Conservative peer, Lord Kalms, coming out in the Daily Telegraph calling for Osborne to be replaced. Guido openly wondered yesterday if the 'Labourgraph' was conducting a campaign against Osborne after a spate of articles calling for him to go; I have to openly...
LibDem Blogs (Free subscription) | 06/09/2007
Cameron does seem to be making a consistent mistake in attacking his internal critics with remarkable venom. First he shredded Lord Kalms, Brady and Miraj on Today. Now he says a former deputy leader and Chairman, Michael Ancram, is a "blast from the past who signifies nothing". While this "offence is the best form of defence" tactic might dig Cameron out of temporary ordure, in the long-term he
LibDem Blogs (Free subscription) | 07/08/2007
It's turning out to be a wretched summer for David Cameron. Bless him. Firstly, all sorts of criticism from his own party, Ali Miraj, Lord Saatchi, Graham Brady and Lord Kalms, an onsalught of Yorkshirefolk stopping him eating his dessert, trips and holiday plans put through the meat mincer in order not be wrong-footed....it's endless misery for poor fellow. Lord Kalms has been historically a
LibDem Blogs (Free subscription) | 31/07/2007
David Cameron is building up a formidable band of enemies in the Conservative party. When Sarah Montague on Today put to him his list of recent critics, Cameron gave the old "ad homines" response. He discounted Lord Kalms because he said Kalms had not given money to the Conservatives during Cameron's leadership. (That seems a strange argument - sort of chicken and egg, I would have thought). He
