How could the Conservatives get by without a majority and outside a coalition? With equal parts of humility and clarity.
Our own prison population is set to rise to new heights. Quite aside from the moral questions that raises, there are some tricky fiscal ones too.
Meanwhile, Scotland is perhaps the most disruptive force in modern British electoral history.
…and with his highest-ever rating too.
Two-thirds now agree that the Coalition was good for the nation – the highest ever proportion.
And what it means for now.
The Fixed Terms Parliament Act just adds to the questions swirling around the forthcoming election.
It may just be another electoral slogan, but it risks undermining the Tories’ Great Promise.
Which is why a rebalanced economy is still decades off… if it ever happens.
It’s one of the most significant developments of this Parliament, and a consolation during this fraught election campaign.
“The days over easy money are over,” said Osborne in 2009. Except they’re not. Debt is once again on the rise.
One Parliament hasn’t been enough to bring about a debt-free, saving, manufacturing economy. What happens in the next could tip it one way or the other.
The number of poor elderly people has declined sharply over recent years and decades. The same can’t be said for those of working age.
Relative, absolute, before housing costs, after housing costs… the only way out of this madness is to embrace the complexity.
The Mayor of London joins the Good Right today – but does his cause stretch beyond those returning to work?