Bruce Anderson

Bruce Anderson: A man who spins soldiers' lives does not deserve to win the next election, or any other

Published: 08 October 2007

These witnesses portray an obsessive, profoundly selfish man unfitted for high office

Bruce Anderson: What a banquet of speech-making this is. But can the Tories make the leap to the top table?

Published: 01 October 2007

The morale of the party's younger members is far higher than the polls might appear to justify

Bruce Anderson: There is every reason why the PM should go for an early election. Except that he won't

Published: 24 September 2007

He has enjoyed unsettling the Tories with election rumours, so why not continue?

Bruce Anderson: The cynicism of Brown's Thatcher stunt shows that the values of the Blair era live on

Published: 17 September 2007

Everyone had expected unflash Gordon to be different, but the age of spinning isn't over

Bruce Anderson: The Conservative leader may yet succeed in harmonising blue votes and green concerns

Published: 10 September 2007

Mr Cameron does not want to use the language of bans and prohibitions

Bruce Anderson: David Cameron is not lurching to left or right – he is following a strategy to win

Published: 03 September 2007

Even if David Cameron is behind in the polls, he is ahead in the column inches. He has solved a problem which exasperated William Hague and Michael Howard. They would put a lot of effort into a speech and be rewarded with zilch coverage. Mr Cameron has no shortage of coverage. But he has created confusion among the commentators.

Bruce Anderson: We have been here before, and it's in our past that the solution to social breakdown lies

Published: 27 August 2007

We know what we feel. So what are we going to do about it? There is no short road from shock to solutions. If we are honest with ourselves, there is every reason for cynicism: every likelihood that David Cameron's warning will be vindicated. "Unless we choose to change ... our shock today will turn into a shrug tomorrow, just an impotent ache about the state of the world."

Bruce Anderson: Social breakdown is a threat to our quality of life which we ignore at our peril

Published: 20 August 2007

If the City barrow boys turned bond-dealers are Thatcher's children, so is the underclass

Bruce Anderson: Redwood is right: cutting waste and reducing taxes could still be a vote winner

Published: 13 August 2007

Whatever the defects of timing, the waste battle has been joined and will be crucial in the next election

Bruce Anderson: An ill wind just as farming outlook turns fair

Published: 06 August 2007

In response to this outbreak, we will need luck, hard thinking and the ability to learn from past mistakes

Bruce Anderson: David Cameron is not a man plagued by self-doubt. Would that were true of his party

Published: 30 July 2007

Tory MPs are willing to be led, in the way that Henry VIII was willing to be married

Bruce Anderson: Flash floods and stagnant pools - an apt metaphor for the Tory party

Published: 23 July 2007

David Cameron is an intellectual. He needs to tell us who he is, what he believes and why

Bruce Anderson: Black - a tragedy of promise destroyed by greed

Published: 16 July 2007

With a strong streak of megalomania, Conrad always wanted more

Bruce Anderson: Duncan Smith has got it right... family breakdown is at the heart of social ills

Published: 09 July 2007

We've the highest rate of single motherhood, which is why we've the highest prison population

Bruce Anderson: Mr Cameron needs a narrative of his own

Published: 02 July 2007

It ought to alarm the Tory high command that his best-known phrase is 'hug a hoodie'

Bruce Anderson: The age of post-imperial confusion

Published: 26 June 2007

To the poor and the discontented, Islam offers comfort, an explanation, and an enemy

Bruce Anderson: If David Cameron is now in trouble with his party, he has only himself to blame

Published: 18 June 2007

He must correct the impression that he is just a well-intentioned toff making raids on Blairite rhetoric

Bruce Anderson: What if Thatcher led the Tory party today?

Published: 11 June 2007

Many natural Conservatives are so dazzled by her heritage that they cannot see clearly

Bruce Anderson: Like most Britons today, I believe that abortion is murder - and I'm in favour of it

Published: 04 June 2007

It is an unpleasant business. So is unplanned pregnancy, and its consequences can last for decades

Bruce Anderson: Cameron must be careful what he does with his intellect

Published: 28 May 2007

Unlike Gordon Brown, the Tory leader relishes debate and argument

Bruce Anderson: You cannot build an education system on eloquence and righteous indignation

Published: 21 May 2007

Many Tories are still unwilling to face up to the most pressing educational issue of our time

Bruce Anderson: Brown can hardly complain of spin when he has done so much spinning himself

Published: 14 May 2007

He is making the weather now but by mid-June he will be struggling to keep the yawns at bay

Bruce Anderson: There is only one man who can save the Union now - and that is David Cameron

Published: 07 May 2007

Scots must be wondering how they were able to run the Empire and now cannot even run an election

Bruce Anderson: The Union with England pulled Scotland out of poverty, and it would be madness to end it

Published: 30 April 2007

Scots feel insecure about their national identity, and threatened by their over-mighty neighbour

Bruce Anderson: Mr Cameron had a bad week, and now he turns to face a reinvigorated Chancellor

Published: 23 April 2007

Tories who are disturbed by the courting of Greg Dyke should remember there are precedents

Bruce Anderson

Bruce Anderson: A man who spins soldiers' lives does not deserve to win the next election, or any other

Bruce Anderson: What a banquet of speech-making this is. But can the Tories make the leap to the top table?

Bruce Anderson: There is every reason why the PM should go for an early election. Except that he won't

Bruce Anderson: The cynicism of Brown's Thatcher stunt shows that the values of the Blair era live on

Bruce Anderson: The Conservative leader may yet succeed in harmonising blue votes and green concerns

Bruce Anderson: David Cameron is not lurching to left or right – he is following a strategy to win

Bruce Anderson: We have been here before, and it's in our past that the solution to social breakdown lies

Bruce Anderson: Social breakdown is a threat to our quality of life which we ignore at our peril

Bruce Anderson: Redwood is right: cutting waste and reducing taxes could still be a vote winner

Bruce Anderson: An ill wind just as farming outlook turns fair

Bruce Anderson: David Cameron is not a man plagued by self-doubt. Would that were true of his party

Bruce Anderson: Flash floods and stagnant pools - an apt metaphor for the Tory party

Bruce Anderson: Black - a tragedy of promise destroyed by greed

Bruce Anderson: Duncan Smith has got it right... family breakdown is at the heart of social ills

Bruce Anderson: Mr Cameron needs a narrative of his own

Bruce Anderson: The age of post-imperial confusion

Bruce Anderson: If David Cameron is now in trouble with his party, he has only himself to blame

Bruce Anderson: What if Thatcher led the Tory party today?

Bruce Anderson: Like most Britons today, I believe that abortion is murder - and I'm in favour of it

Bruce Anderson: Cameron must be careful what he does with his intellect

Bruce Anderson: You cannot build an education system on eloquence and righteous indignation

Bruce Anderson: Brown can hardly complain of spin when he has done so much spinning himself

Bruce Anderson: There is only one man who can save the Union now - and that is David Cameron

Bruce Anderson: The Union with England pulled Scotland out of poverty, and it would be madness to end it

Bruce Anderson: Mr Cameron had a bad week, and now he turns to face a reinvigorated Chancellor

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