As the Tories gather in Manchester tomorrow, Sayeeda Warsi will be reading children's stories - creating audio books for visually impaired children and bullying her Cabinet colleagues, including David Cameron, to do the same... more
David Cameron's personal leadership qualities will be the prime focus of the Conservative party conference that opens in Manchester this weekend, the Evening Standard can reveal... more
Tory party chairwoman Baroness Warsi describes her fear as hundreds of protesters stormed the party HQ after a student demonstration against cuts turned into a riot
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Coalition tensions over AV deepen as Nick Clegg attacks Boris Johnson for behaving 'absurdly' and accuses Baroness Warsi of 'lies' over AV helping the BNP... more
The defection of Libyan foreign minister Moussa Koussa to the UK is an important moment: he is the first member of Colonel Gaddafi's inner circle to switch sides... more
Baroness Warsi is to issue a direct plea to London's ethnic communities to oppose a change in Britain's voting system by giving a speech near the site of a key protest against fascism
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Prejudice against Muslims has 'passed the dinner-table test' and become widely socially acceptable in Britain, the Conservative chairman claims... more
Labour peers were accused of 'behaving like dinosaurs' today by forcing the House of Lords to debate plans to reform the voting system through the night... more
Tory chairman says 'rowdy' students should not be punished by their universities even if they are recognised on TV coverage of the Millbank riot... more
The burka seems to be an increasingly common sight on the streets of London. Is it a sign of radicalisation, a religious or cultural statement or a fashion accessory, asks Nosheen Iqbal... more
The new Deputy Chairman of the Conservatives cautions the party faithful to be “purposeful” rather than celebratory at next week’s party conference... more
Labour's leadership contenders are all asked to hand back their £20,000 severance payments as the Tories and Lib-Dems blame the last government for wasteful public spending... more
The newly ennobled Lord Mandelson, bedecked in proud red robes, is the latest Lord to go a-leaping into power in our parliament, bypassing the tedium of elections. For years, I was with those who believed the second chamber is a bastion of unfair privilege. Peers are still largely appointed on winks and nods and too many are elevated for party donations, partisan loyalties or to placate certain interests. It all felt terribly wrong.... more
It is Eid today, the Muslim festival marking the end of the arduous month of Ramadan, when we give up food and drink from sunrise to sunset. We should be feasting after fasting... more
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