David Cameron is preparing to further his 1980s brand of cool credentials by doing the time-warp again. In a speech that he is due to make shortly, the Leader of the Opposition will profess a yen to place family at the heart of his Government policy - to be manifest… read more…

As if people weren't already ugly enough these days, it appears that, with a little inspiration from Margaret Thatcher, they could be about to get a whole lot worse. Iain Dale managed to point out on his blog yesterday that the plethora of Thatcher related documentaries and TV shows about… read more…

Whilst Westmonster doesn't espouse the use of violence to achieve its goals, we can't help but think that the recent incident involving the beating of Labour MP Anne Moffat will make her think more carefully regarding the way that she votes on, or deals with, issues of crime in the… read more…

Is England set to revert to the bleak and grubby austerity of the Thatcher years? If the recent reports of David Cameron taking cue from his iron-balled mentor are anything to go by, then perhaps so.. According to numerous news sources today, the Leader of the Opposition has decided that… read more…

Whilst we know that lists and so forth are traditionally Iain Dale's territory, it appears that all the cool kids are starting to get excited about them of recent so we might as well join in the party. The trend developed earlier in the week when the Telegraph published a… read more…

Everywhere you look, it's like 1987 all over again. Why, just glance over there - it's the debut album from Guns N Roses being listened to by hot new film star Pauly Shore. Phew. And what about that Terry Waite kidnapping, eh? Bet he'll be home in no time.… read more…

While Cammers messes about with park rangers and mothering help, the Centre for Policy Studies - founded, lest we forget, by Margaret Thatcher and Keith Joseph - gets to the heart of the matter with its report on British household disposable income, and how it's being squeezed by taxation and… read more…

Boulton & Co. over at Sky News have finally answered the question Westmonster didn't know we were dying to ask: Who would be in your dream cabinet? They received 2,226 responses from the vaunted "Sky News Panel" to their multiple-choice survey, and it yielded some horribly exciting results.… read more…

Well done Her Majesty! Didn't she read the list of legislation beautifully? Amongst everything else there will be legislation on the EU Reform Treaty, a Bill to keep da yoof in education, various stuff on climate change, reforms of the criminal justice system, a new Homes and Communities Agency is… read more…

News from the Spectator that Blair - jealous of images of the Gord fondling Maggie over the threshold of Number 10 - has decided to do some Tory Molestation of his own. Blair wants to meet Cameron to "brief him on the Middle East" apparently. Yeah yeah, that's what they all say. … read more…

Not yet fully recovered from the Gord inviting Comrade Digby to his birthday party and then scenes of flirtation with the Mistress of Darkness, the comrades will presumably be gloomy to discover another unholy camel has been invited into the Brown tent: Daily Mail chief Paul Dacre. Dacre is charged with reviewing… read more…

Well folks, the Guardian/ICM poll is out, and it shows that the Tories and Labour are neck and neck at 38%. Cameron's ratings are the best they've been since March. Ruh-roh! Excellent analysis, as always, from the UK Polling Report. Alistair Darling on the predicted economic downturn: "this town, is… read more…

In spite of the rapturous ovation received by IDS for his speech yesterday, we at Westmonster remain rather perplexed by some of what he had to say. Apparently, the reason Gord wants to go to the polls is to destroy the Conservative Party, along with cute puppies, fluffy things… read more…