20 Mar 2009
'Of course I am sorry we got some things wrong,' said the Tory leader. The PM responded this Tuesday by telling The Guardian he accepted 'full responsibility for all my actions, but we're dealing with a bigger problem that is global in nature'. How I see it Charles Lewington, MD, Hanover ...
15 Aug 2008
| by Alex Hilton, a Labour parliamentary candidate and founder of
political blogs Labourhome and Recess Monkey
attacking the
BBFC ratings of The Dark Knight and the Tories have received advanced
coverage of their party conference plans. At the heart of the Tory comms machine is former News of the World
editor Andy Coulson ...
the news agenda by default, leading to a collapse in the
coverage of Tory politicians and rumblings ...
13 Jun 2008
Research foundation King's Fund reported that people in rural areas
'could travel longer distances for no improvement in care' (BBC, 5
June). The British Medical Association dubbed the plan 'unproven, crude
and expensive' (Nursing Times, 6 June). It was backed by the Tories, who
complained that 'patients could ...
06 Jun 2008
| by David Singleton
Tory Party communications director Andy Coulson is to spearhead a 'summer assault' on the media...Tory insiders said that leader David Cameron would increasingly be
relying on Coulson, following ...
and that telegenic Tories are constantly available to be
interviewed. The grid system will see the party taking a ...
by a wave of negative coverage surrounding issues such as floods
and grammar schools. A Tory insider ...
19 May 2006
| by Charlie Whelan, charlie.whelan@haynet.com
wider PR challenge
here: the Tories have stolen all the Lib Dems' clothes. In a quite
deliberate ...
18 Nov 2005
| by Charlie Whelan, charlie.whelan@haynet.com
to be tougher on terrorism than the
Tories are - a sure-fire future vote winner. So what is Brown's game ...
16 Sep 2005
| by Alex Black
followed by 20 months at Tory
HQ. 'Funnily enough, I went to the PCC because (then chairman) John ...
19 Aug 2005
major TV company to do a programme on the Tory leadership.' But she added: 'I would be very surprised ...
08 Jul 2005
| by Ian Hall
behind the ears in the UK. She spent two months in London in 1993, working for the late backbench Tory MP ...
01 Oct 2004
The political weeklies New Statesman and The Spectator stand at opposite ends of the party political spectrum. The effervescent Tory MP for Henley Boris Johnson has edited The Spectator for the past five years.
It is lauded by PROs and lobbyists for its entertaining style - one reason ...