Posted by James Nason on 15 October 2009
It’s now exactly a week since the Conservative conference ended. At the time, the Conference was described by David Cameron as the “most dynamic conference in the last 15 years”. Those of us who have been to the last 14 years of conferences would agree! The Party perhaps reached its nadir during Iain Duncan Smith’s [...]
Posted by Chris Lowe on 14 October 2009
Former London Mayor, Ken Livingstone, is making no secret of his desire to once again become the capital’s first citizen. He is currently in the middle of a packed schedule visiting Labour Party fund-raisers and dinners across London, reminding Party members that he is still around.
But the word is that whatever the Labour Party does, Ken [...]
Posted by Chris Lowe on
Among the one-to-one meetings we arranged for clients at the recent Party Conferences there were two meetings that gave great hope for the future. Not because they were
Ministers or soon-to-be Ministers who agreed with our clients’ position, in fact they were with people who have not been elected to anything. But Shaun Bailey,
Shaun Bailey
the Conservative [...]
Posted by Chris Lowe on 5 October 2009
Two parallels themes in the discussions at Conservative and Labour conferences. First is that both Parties are damping down expectations, even in private. Last week a number of Labour MPs told me that they were in for a disaster at the General Election, while this week, Conservative MPs are telling me that their [...]