David Cameron
No optimism please, we're British
Posted by Nick Laitner at Thu, 05/02/2009 - 1:55pm in
Gordon Brown unveiled his new line of attack on David Cameron at PMQs yesterday, castigating the Tory leader for talking Britain down:
Labour’s poll vault
Posted by Nick Laitner at Wed, 17/12/2008 - 9:14am in
More good news for Labour in this morning's ICM poll published in the Guardian. The results show the Conservative lead at five points. The key figure from the poll is that the Tories are back down to a wobbly 38% of the vote, from 45% last month.
As the polls contract, so chatter grows about the prospect of an early election.
Lessons from 1992 come from the opposition, not the government
Posted by Theo Blackwell at Wed, 19/11/2008 - 2:46pm in Political commentary
Steve Richards’ piece in today’s Independent (“The recession has forced Cameron to revive the failed policies of old”) argues that Cameron will take his tactics from the last election fought in a recession. As such, Richards argues, Cameron will adopt new-look Chris Patten approach emphasising “Labour’s tax bombshell.” But what if Cameron strategy on tax is more reserved than that? What if his approach is not so
PMQs 29th October
Posted by architect at Wed, 29/10/2008 - 3:14pm in
David Wills, currently on Mandate's intern programme, gives a blow-by-blow account of today's PMQs.
Like all good PMQ’s it started with a planted question about help for small business from Labour MP Adrian Bailey.
Cameron's Responsible Conference
Posted by Nicola Bates at Fri, 03/10/2008 - 12:04pm in
David Cameron could have been cursing his luck for a financial crisis to hit during party conference, deflecting attention away from the hall and himself. But the background of collapsing economy, as well as some would say (except, unfortunately for Cameron, Boris Johnson), a broken society, Cameron made two serious speeches which has transformed him from a leader of the opposition to a Prime Minister in waiting.
Sun, sea and spin
Posted by Nick Laitner at Tue, 15/07/2008 - 11:06am in
Sources at Number 10 have today confirmed that Gordon Brown will shortly be packing up his bucket and spade and heading to the English seaside for his much-needed summer holidays.
PMQs 25th June 2008
Posted by Ed Jones at Wed, 25/06/2008 - 10:47am in
Today’s PMQs featured long-overdue but positive announcements on Zimbabwe, before somewhat more tired rhetoric on public pay and the unions. Cameron challenged the PM to define exactly what actions the Government was taking to oppose Mugabe’s leadership. Sanctions on individuals associated with Mugabe and work to ban the Zimbabwe cricket team competing in Britain were promised. Brown made plain that Mugabe should no longer be at the crease – he had lost an election and his violent refusal to walk would not be tolerated.
PMQs 18th June 2008
Posted by andrewscoones at Wed, 18/06/2008 - 10:02am in
What a relief! After today's PMQs Mandate can confirm that merging the British and French navies is not on the cards: that was the most memorable revelation from today’s unremarkable PMQs.
On the day that it emerged that Labour will not field a candidate to stand in the by-election forced by David Davis, the session was dominated almost entirely by foreign affairs.
Spectre of Blair lingers during PMQ clashes on terrorism
Posted by Theo Blackwell at Wed, 11/06/2008 - 10:33am in
A subdued House of Commons listened to the party leaders debate the merits of the proposed 42 days pre-charge detention for terrorism suspects at this week's Prime Minister's Questions - and once again David Cameron rather adroitly emerged the victor, and again seemed to grasp the mantle of Blair.
PMQs: Cameron loses his Focus
Posted by Hannah Cornick at Wed, 04/06/2008 - 10:36am in
Despite a new `youthful` haircut and a shiny tan after his holiday in Spain, David Cameron’s performance in PMQs this week was decidedly lacklustre.
In fact this was one of Cameron’s weakest performances at PMQs. Focusing doggedly on rises in fuel tax and vehicle excise duty, David Cameron’s attacks, in the words of Brown, sounded more like the patter of a used-car salesman, than that of an opposition leader with a 24 point lead in the polls. Cameron displayed an
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