How to breathe in an anti-politics atmosphere

So will David Cameron ride the wave of anti-politics or be crushed by it? I have for years thought that trends towards people power and away from hierarchies – in every sphere of life – shows the world is moving the conservative way and that the idea of a big government belongs in the last century. This morning, someone forwarded me a memo from James Frayne, who won the referendum on the north-east assembly for the No campaign by tapping into the anti politics vote. Frayne is now at Portland PR, for whom the memo was written. I suspect he won’t thank me for publishing it – but it seems in keeping with this new age of transparency to do so, and I thought CoffeeHousers may be interested as it raises some good points.

MPs’ expenses: a new chance for the Tories

One of the most surprising things about the recent storm over MPs’ expenses is that MPs have been surprised by the ferocity of the public’s response.