RDN’s 2009 book on the country’s and the Cameroons’ fear of good old Tory tropes.
Posted by RDN under Economic crisis / Mr C's Makeover Politics / Politics and campaigns on 24 October 2010. No comments.
It is a famous mystery whether David Cameron believes in a smaller state and indeed whether this of any other beliefs matter to him or his politics. This weekend, we seem to be a little nearer a plausible answer. More »
Posted by RDN under Economic crisis / Mr C's Makeover Politics / Politics and campaigns / TV and Radio on 15 September 2010. One comment.
Evan Davis lightly mentioned in Programme 1 of his Evan Loves Tax (BBC Radio 4) that on current plans the Coalition might (intends to?) end its first term with a 36 percent tax-take (as against total GDP). I always thought the Con-Libs were conducting an extraordinary coup, but this confirms it, if true. Here are two cheers. More »
Posted by RDN under Economic crisis / Mr C's Makeover Politics / Politics and campaigns on 16 May 2010. No comments.
Just before I get too sunny, here are three areas where the country’s politicians, and the Tories not least, face real problems. They all centre on the country’s habit of self-deception. More »
Posted by RDN under Mr C's Makeover Politics / Politics and campaigns on 16 May 2010. No comments.
This is a golden period for Conservatives. Their party is a natural vehicle for the politics and government of the early 21st Century. Who’d a thunk it? More »
Posted by RDN under Mr C's Makeover Politics / Politics and campaigns on 9 May 2010. One comment.
One ought to take some risks at such a time. Mine is to say that this is the best political period for decades. More »
Posted by RDN under Mr C's Makeover Politics / Politics and campaigns / Rightist manifestos on 9 May 2010. No comments.
This is still a country which is socially conservative, sexually permissive, economically entrepreneurial and obstinately attached to a statist welfare system. But we are less inclined to disenfranchise the fence-sitting Lib-Dem voters. What now for the Tories? More »
Posted by RDN under Economic crisis / Mr C's Makeover Politics / Politics and campaigns on 7 May 2010. No comments.
In previous posts I have remarked what a great political and constitutional opportunity the UK now has. But it depends far more on individual MPs than on their leaders, constitutional historians, greybeard commentators or anyone else. More »
Posted by RDN under Economic crisis / Mr C's Makeover Politics / Politics and campaigns on 6 May 2010. No comments.
This is perhaps the most exciting election of my lifetime, and I don’t care who wins….. More »
Posted by RDN under Mr C's Makeover Politics / Politics and campaigns on 30 April 2010. No comments.
Six days before 2010 election and the beginning of a new age in British politics, can we claim Mr Cameron’s Makeover Politics a success or a failure? More »
Posted by RDN under Mr C's Makeover Politics / Politics and campaigns on 28 April 2010. One comment.
The 2010 intake of MPs can transform government with a Blackberry coup. At last, social media will make a positive difference to our politics……. More »
