Well, we thought post offices were important, but David Cameron obviously didn't: After all, if it had really mattered, David Cameron would have turned up to vote along with - by my count - 10 other Tories who were somehow absent from their own show. If they had, the PM's… read more…

Our undying thanks to Bloggerheads for this latest outbreak of "what the Internet was invented for":… read more…

Iain Dale neatly skewers the Cameron rebranding of the Conservatives by pointing out that you can't be friendly to new parents and to small businesses at the same time: Imagine you are a small business, employing a dozen people. Imagine that you employ a husband and wife, who suddenly inform… read more…

The Tories have lost their ultra-rebel: Bob Spink's been chucked out for getting heavy-handed with the Chief Whip: Spink tried to avoid being deselected by emailing a post-dated letter of resignation on Tuesday night to the Tory chief whip, Patrick McLoughlin - a letter he threatened to activate if the… read more…

Spotlight onto Cammers this morning. Firstly, Philip Hammond, his Shadow Chief Secretary, begs some questions in his pre-Budget briefing, according to Fraser Nelon: First, non doms. Hammond asks us to believe that the Tory non-dom tax would scare away fewer millionaires than Labour’s policy. But the Tory figures claim they’d… read more…

Freddie Forsyth's got an "exclusive interview" on conservatives.com today. But it looks like the man behind the Odessa File has been silenced by shadowy agents....… read more…

So, Daniel Finkelstein obviously knows his stuff. After his column jumping up and down on the heads of Tory rightwingers seeking tax cuts (we're looking at you, Heffer and Redwood), out comes a new Tory policy - raising taxes: The Conservatives say they will raise tax on super-strength beer, cider… read more…

You knew it was coming. And here it is. The Tory ad campaign that features immigration controls at its heart: Let's hope it goes better than last time they tried this...… read more…

Simon Heffer's sure in a huff. In today's Telegraph, Heffer points the finger squarely at David Cameron and George Osborne for failing to bury Labour in light of Northern Rock, and months of "sleaze, failure, and prevarication" from the government: "Being an opposition is not just about pointing the finger.… read more…

The shift on Tory thinking on matching Labour spending continues apace in half-term. Today, the Daily Mail are reporting that any pledge to match spending would be very short-term: David Cameron is to signal that the Tories are making no long-term pledge to match Labour's spending commitments. Senior sources insisted… read more…