The Conservative Party by Tim Bale

Author:Tim Bale
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780745687483
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2016-10-10T00:00:00+00:00

Notes

1. Richard Littlejohn, ‘We’ve had nice and look where that got us . . .’, Sun, 31 October 2003.

2. Rosemary Bennett and Tom Baldwin, ‘Howard’s manoeuvring makes him firm favourite’, Times, 29 October 2003.

3. Archie Norman, interview, 23 February 2007.

4. Matthew Parris, ‘He is not a rotter and I wish him well (warily)’, Times, 31 October 2003.

5. Michael Howard, interview, 5 March 2008.

6. Michael Howard, interview, 5 March 2008.

7. Andrew Pierce, interview, 1 December 2008.

8. Greg Clark and Scott Kelly, ‘Echoes of Butler? The Conservative Research Department and the making of Conservative policy’, Political Quarterly, 75 (4), 2004, p. 381.

9. Benedict Brogan, ‘Howard calls in tycoons to set up Tory trust fund’, Telegraph, 12 December 2003.

10. Justin Fisher, ‘Money matters: the financing of the Conservative Party’, Political Quarterly, 75 (4), 2004, p. 406.

11. See Ron Johnston and Charles Pattie, ‘Conservative constituency parties’ funding and spending in England and Wales, 2004–2005’, Political Quarterly, 78 (3), 2007, pp. 392–411.

12. Benedict Brogan and Toby Helm, ‘Letwin changes tack on refusal to offer tax cuts’, Telegraph, 10 December 2003.

13. Michael Howard, ‘I declare war on red tape’, News of the World, 4 January 2004.

14. Michael Portillo, ‘Howard reinvented himself, now he has to reinvent a party’, Sunday Times, 4 January 2004.

15. Patrick O’Flynn, ‘Daily Express victory as Blair does a u-turn on immigrants: gypsies: you can’t come in’, Express, 5 February 2004.

16. ‘Mr Howard has put the Tories back in contention’, Independent, and ‘Euro crusader’, Sun, both 13 February 2004.

17. Alice Thomson, ‘We’re gearing up for October, says Fox’, Telegraph, 5 April 2004.

18. Nick Sparrow, interview, 23 November 2006.

19. Michael Portillo, ‘Another slow Tory crash into the buffers of Europe’, Sunday Times, 6 June 2004.

20. Francis Elliott and James Hanning, Cameron: the Rise of the New Conservative (London: Fourth Estate, 2007), p. 243.

21. See Alastair Campbell, ‘My strategy for a Tory triumph’, Times, 20 November 2004.

22. Michael Howard, ‘Tony Blair must be more honest over Iraq’, Independent, 20 May 2004.

23. ‘Blair has held the line: Howard, please note’, Telegraph, 21 May 2004. An article by the paper’s former editor, Charles Moore, published the same day and entitled ‘Iraq deserves more than cheap shots’ was even blunter.

24. Patrick O’Flynn, ‘No votes in being posh say critics: Howard’s Tory toffs take over’, Express, 27 June 2004.

25. Those with strong stomachs should read Paul Callan, ‘Sandra, the wife with an eye on No. 10: Howard unveils his secret weapon’, Express, 7 July 2004.

26. Nick Robinson, ‘After ten years, the champ still has the technique to floor the challenger’, Times, 23 July 2004.

27. Norman Tebbit, ‘Howard needs to put a rocket up the Tories’, Mail on Sunday, 25 July 2004.

28. George Pascoe-Watson, ‘Howard should gamble it all on law and order’, Sun, 6 August 2004.

29. Anthony King, ‘Verdict on the Tories’, Telegraph, 30 July 2004.

30. Peter Oborne, ‘Howard profits from the rise of the Notting Hill Tories’, Spectator, 19 July 2004. On the Telegraph’s role, which is a fine illustration of the osmosis between the party in the

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