May responds

Here are Theresa May's answers to the questions put forward by CoffeeHousers:

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"Why have Government ministers been able to spout the most outrageous lies over the last few months, effectively unopposed by the Conservatives? The Tories seem to lack a short succinct rebuttal that gives a voice to the feelings of the public."

On the contrary, I think we have shown ourselves to be highly effective in opposition, continually questioning the government’s actions and putting forward a coherent alternative.  There are people who have vowed to vote Conservative...

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No triangle to ping

It's twelve months of Nick Clegg's Liberal Democrat leadership today and he celebrates by giving an interview to The Independent, saying he wants to be taken seriously. "It would help if he didn't claim to have slept with up to 30 women," said Nick Ferrari on LBC this morning. Andrew Pierce then came on and pointed out that this was unfair: we don't know if they were all women. And this is the tragedy for Cleggover: this is all people care about. Last week in PMQs he said that a single...

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Christmas culture picks

I've just uploaded my set of culture recommendations, which you can read here.  If CoffeeHousers have any culture picks of their own, please give them a mention in the comments section to this post.

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On the Westminster grapevine...

'Tis the season for Christmas receptions at Westminster, where the hacks like myself compare notes with people who know a lot more about life than we do. There's a distinct lack of bubbly this year - funny how ministers take special care over that, while the government overspend is (literally) enough to fill every bath in England with Moet - but the chat's been first class, especially at the Centre for Policy Studies bash last night. I thought I’d share some of it with CoffeeHousers. Much of the below may be obvious to y’all, but I found...

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The Osborne general election predictor says it is dead-level between Cameron and Brown

In 2004, George Osborne wrote a piece for The Spectator setting out ‘The 13 keys to Number 10’. It was adapted from one of those American guides that predict who will win presidential elections. In 2004, Osborne predicted Tory victory using it but that was more due to some scoring decisions that were based more on loyalty than reality. Indeed, going through it in a more sober fashion would have given you the correct result.

Anyway, here are the 13 keys and my thoughts on who has the edge on each:...

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