Fraser Nelson 1:58pm
Hugo Rifkind today picks up on a point in my Cameron interview where I describe how he has the ring tone from 24 on his phone. "'It's an in joke,' Cameron says, impenetrably". If this sounds baffling, it is my fault. First it's not the theme tune but that very specific telephone ring on the CTU, with which aficionados will be familiar. Also, it's not just Cameron but a few of his staff who have the ringtone. Anyone who has seen 24 where Jack Bauer is seconds away from death or...
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Peter Hoskin 10:59am
You know an Opposition leader’s doing well when he makes waves across the pond. And – if an important article in today’s New York Times is anything to go by – Cameron’s succeeding on exactly that front. It’s titled ‘The Conservative Revival’, and outlines what the GOP can learn from Project Cameron. Here’s a hefty assortment of the key points, but I’d suggest you read the whole thing:
"Today, British conservatives are on the way up, while American conservatives are on the way down…
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Peter Hoskin 9:00am
Ken discusses the lessons of May 1 in an article for the Guardian today. There's not much there, beyond talk about how he performed better than Labour did nationally, and about how he had the best policies for London. In which case, the real point of interest may be at the end of the article. Will Ken be working with Boris, as some have predicted? Don't count on it:
“Amid the worst electoral defeat for 40 years, even Labour's best electoral performance in the country could not stop London entering into
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Peter Hoskin 8:04pm
The Sun have just released the results of a YouGov poll, and it gives the Tories an astonishing 26 point lead over Labour. The numbers in full: Tories, 49 percent; Labour, 23 percent; Lib Dems, 17 percent. That's Labour's worst poll showing since records began in the 1930s.
There's not really much to add - the numbers speak for themselves. Suffice to say that this will pile even more pressure on our beleaguered Prime Minister.
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