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Benedict Brogan

Benedict Brogan

Benedict Brogan is The Daily Telegraph's chief political correspondent and one of Westminster's keenest observers.

The blood, sweat and tears facing David Cameron

Conservative Party leader David Cameron: MPs' expenses

Our debts are much worse but the political situation will be much better for David Cameron, says Benedict Brogan.

22 Oct 2009

Now it is Cameron's turn to put friends in high places

David Camerona and his Parliamentary friends

The Tory leader will use his powers of patronage to break Labour's grip on public life, says Benedict Brogan.

14 Oct 2009

Are we ready to vote for pain?

PA David Cameron for Prime Minister 1/12 We say we?re prepared for pain, but are we ready to vote for it?

David Cameron will today leave us in no doubt what the alternatives will be come polling day, says Benedict Brogan.

07 Oct 2009

The sun has finally set on New Labour's love affair with the media

Copies of The Sun, with the headline: Labour's Lost It

Like John Major before him, Gordon Brown is now a leader at war with those who report him, says Benedict Brogan.

30 Sep 2009

Analysis: Can Gordon Brown really survive until May?

Analysis: Can Gordon Brown really survive until May?

Can he really last until May? Surely no politician, however resilient, can withstand for much longer the daily punishment of dire headlines and personal blows that Gordon Brown is having to endure?

26 Sep 2009

At last! Gordon Brown discovers that the middle classes matter

Gordon Brown

The bedrock of Britain who have paid for Labour's excesses will decide the next election, says Benedict Brogan.

23 Sep 2009

Question Time still makes MPs squirm

In the Lion's Den: Benedict Brogan (left), The Daily Telegraph's assistant editor, on the Grimsby episode of Question Time last May

Former panellist Benedict Brogan on why the show is as relevant – and intimidating – as ever

22 Sep 2009

Cameron must deliver the bitter medicine

Tempatations and obstacles will test the new prime minister's mettle to the limit, says Benedict Brogan.

16 Sep 2009

David Cameron: a PM for the 24/7, digital age?

At every stage this summer David Cameron has demonstrated a knack for using the insatiable demand of news channels and websites to advance his causes, observes Benedict Brogan.

09 Sep 2009

Cameron’s lesson for a retreating PM

A TV debate will offer Gordon Brown a chance to reassert himself against a dominant David Cameron, says Benedict Brogan.

02 Sep 2009

Labour's betrayal of the poor is an open goal for Cameron

The Tory leader can cast himself as a 'progressive' saviour, argues Benedict Brogan.

19 Aug 2009

'It is a school's ethos that matters'

Tory education spokesman Michael Gove talks to Benedict Brogan about improving state schools and gives his tip for a future PM.

03 Aug 2009

The Tories’ programme of policy piracy could still run aground

The Cameron team have scoured the world for bright ideas – but will they, and their civil servants, be able to push them through asks Benedict Brogan.

29 Jul 2009

The holiday reading that could decide who runs Britain

Reuters Gordon Brown Sarah Brown summer holiday

Benedict Brogan says Cameron and Brown are both plotting campaigns that draw on Tory leaders of the past

22 Jul 2009

It's the Tories' inconvenient truth – taxes will have to rise

David Cameron PA It's the Tories' inconvenient truth ? taxes will have to rise

David Cameron will have to act fast to calm the markets and put any blame on Gordon Brown, says Benedict Brogan.

15 Jul 2009

We were promised a new order, not foot-dragging

David Cameron: Motorists to pay tolls for new roads under Tory plans

Rather than rushed solutions, we need to see some real signs of repentance, says Benedict Brogan.

08 Jul 2009

Cutting the defence budget is a false economy

Britain is ready to cut its number of nuclear warheads in its Trident weapons system as part of global deal

Benedict Brogan believes both the main parties are missing the point of maintaining a nuclear deterrent

01 Jul 2009

The Great Purge has started in the Conservative Party

David Cameron with William Hague and George Osborne

About half of its MPs will not be returning after the election, mainly because of the expenses scandal, says Benedict Brogan.

24 Jun 2009

Analysis: Bercow has one year to win over Tory doubters

You must be different,” Nick Clegg told Speaker-elect Bercow as the Commons sized up the small man in the big chair. On all sides, MPs hope John Bercow will defy expectations and pull them out of a crisis.

23 Jun 2009

Brown's purge will leave us with call-centre MPs

Gordon Brown

The Prime Minister is changing the face of the House in a spiteful act of class envy, says Benedict Brogan.

17 Jun 2009

Parliament doesn't need this Speaker

Eddie Mulholland John Bercow The Speaker that Parliament is going to get is not the one it needs

John Bercow will almost certainly win – the question is whether he will last, says Benedict Brogan

10 Jun 2009

Who is going to knock at No 10 and tell Brown the game is up?

Gordon Brown

Most of the Cabinet believe the PM has to go - the question is which one will wield the axe, says Benedict Brogan

03 Jun 2009

Leader who dares to purge will get keys to No 10

Gordon Brown and David Cameron

Gordon Brown and David Cameron are playing a cut-throat game of brinkmanship, says Benedict Brogan.

20 May 2009

Speaker Martin: Still the man in the midden

Speaker Martin

The lack of grip and competence displayed by the Speaker over the MPs' expenses scandal is now the most pressing issue facing politics, says Benedict Brogan.

19 May 2009

What are you waiting for, Mr Brown?

Gordon Brown

The Prime Minister's failure to act decisively in a turbulent week has left MPs and voters baffled, says Benedict Brogan.

15 May 2009

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