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Goldsmith: What does Cameronism mean?

Goldsmith: What does Cameronism mean?

Once the poster boy for David Cameron’s ‘vote blue, go green’ campaign, the pin-up turned rebel might not even be a Conservative MP after the next election. Interview by Rob Wilson. Photos by Alisa Connan

David Cameron interview on quitting the coalition

David Cameron interview on quitting the coalition

by Rob Wilson / 20 May 2013

Speaking to Total Politics exclusively, the prime minister raises the idea he could quit the coalition before 2015 for the first time in public. Yet, as Rob Wilson finds, he remains firmly against a rightwing lurch and committed to his key team players. Photo by Ellis Parrinder

Vernon Coaker on Northern Ireland and Balls v Miliband

Vernon Coaker on Northern Ireland and Balls v Miliband

by Rob Wilson / 25 Jan 2013

Rob Wilson MP talks to the shadow Northern Ireland secretary about family ties, Balls–Miliband relations, and finding the best solution for peace in a troubled province

Jacob Rees-Mogg: a Boris in the making?

Jacob Rees-Mogg: a Boris in the making?

by Rob Wilson / 09 Jul 2012

The MP for North East Somerset cuts a démodé figure about the Westminster village and, as someone who is more tortoise than hare, Rees-Mogg enjoys a cult status in Parliament. Can he match his distinctive image with rampant ambition? Rob Wilson finds out. Photos by Alisa Connan

The two lives of Chloe Smith

The two lives of Chloe Smith

by Rob Wilson / 21 Feb 2012

The economic secretary to the Treasury talks to Rob Wilson about getting stuck in, Tory Party modernisation and nudity

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The most powerful Tory right-winger in Britain

The most powerful Tory right-winger in Britain

by Rob Wilson MP / 06 Dec 2011

There aren’t many people who have David Cameron on speed dial, but Graham Brady, the chairman of the Conservative 1922 committee, is one of them. Rob Wilson MP chats to him during a time of growing euroscepticism

The five days that formed our coalition

by David Laws MP and Rob Wilson MP / 22 Nov 2010

David Laws MP, who took part in the coalition talks and served as chief secretary to the Treasury, reveals his key role in forming the government

A Conservative Democrat: Simon Burns interview

A Conservative Democrat: Simon Burns interview

by Rob Wilson / 05 Oct 2012

Simon Burns is a paradox: a Conservative and loyal Democrat, a dilettante with an extensive library of US political tomes. And, as Rob Wilson finds out, he has a lot more than that up his sleeve…

Luciana Berger on having to work harder than the rest

Luciana Berger on having to work harder than the rest

by Rob Wilson / 28 May 2012

The shadow energy minister talks to Rob Wilson about great schools, Ferry ‘cross the Mersey, and how learning about hard grafting from an early age has informed her politics

Under the radar

Under the radar

by Rob Wilson MP / 31 Jan 2012

Rob Wilson MP talks to John Denham, Labour’s champion of the south and PPS to Ed Miliband, about the his party leader, New Labour and cricket etiquette

Swayne’s world

Swayne’s world

by Rob Wilson MP / 03 Oct 2011

Rob Wilson MP talks to Des Swayne, a politician with rigorous, often controversial, views, and the man who has stood at David Cameron’s right shoulder for six years

Political Quotations

"The prime minister has said he does not believe that statutory legislation is necessary to achieve the principles outlined

Business minister Viscount Younger of Leckie

"We have a growing relationship with the EU as an institution, which has an increasing voice in the world,

Philip Gordon - State Department official

"Just one day after their botched relaunch, even people at the very heart of Cameron's government are losing faith

Michael Dugher

"The number one priority now is reducing the deficit that they [Labour] left us - the biggest deficit since

Ian Duncan Smith

"Our mission is clear: to get Britain living within its means and earning its way in the world once

David Cameron and Nick Clegg

"Since then, Britain, the colonial power, has refused to return the territories to the Argentine Republic, thus preventing it

Cristina Fernandez

"The central premise of my campaign for president was to change the tax code that was too skewed towards

Barack Obama

"We have paid a very heavy price but I think the reason for coming here in the first place,

David Cameron

"Public servants should not be rewarded for failure. But that was exactly what happened when the BBC Trust paid

Margaret Hodge, PAC chair

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