It's hitting us in London because there was a credible candidate for the Tories, Boris Johnson.
Mr McConnell said the poll tax was one of the worst policies imposed by the Tories on Scotland.
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Before news of his appointment, some euro-sceptic Tories had already attacked the prospect of the former chancellor's return.
Many Tories loathe Brussels, hate Coalition, distrust their leader and are terrified of UKIP.
But Mr Farage said UKIP took votes from Labour and Lib Dems, not just Tories.
Since then, like the other parties, the Tories have gone quiet on the question of cuts.
The Tories opposed the measure, but the Commons approved it by 318 votes to 142.
Doubtless when the Tories assemble in Manchester next week that much-vaunted Big Society will loom large.
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But the Tories are the Lib Dems' main threat in the majority of their 63 seats.
The Tories won just 36 seats - down from 61 at the last election.
In total 81 Tories are known to have defied the whips, while others abstained.
For much of the past decade, winning did not seem to be many Tories' main goal.
That sort of teamwork has recently been one of the Tories' main advantages over Labour.
She argues further that the Tories in a revenue-running parliament would be advocating cuts in taxation.
The Liberal Democrat, Green, Labour and UKIP groups oppose the scheme, as do some Tories.
Labour, the Tories and the Lib Dems claimed proposed legislation going through Holyrood was deeply flawed.
They should, say the Tories, have stuck to the English way and frozen council tax.
The party took three seats from the Tories and one off the Lib Dems in Chorley.
Some confusion has arisen from the Tories' juxtaposition of MRSA infection rates with hospital death rates.
I'm confident we've done enough to stop the Tories winning outright, and produce another hung parliament.
The Tories won 27 of the council's 45 seats, an overall loss of two.
But the Tories claim to have documents proving that his parliamentary apology was misleading as well.
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Modernisers will want to compete with the Tories on low taxes and public-service reform.
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The Tories say they would abandon that target and reduce the number of university places.
The first is that the Tories are probably not as ready for government as they claim.
No 10 says the Tories will try to overturn the vote at the next debate.
Mr Clegg's aides said we had heard "more than enough digs at the Tories" already.
The virtues of discipline and patience that long-haul opposition requires come far less easily to Tories.
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Yet even the most enthusiastic Tories refrain from calling for more tax-raising powers for councils.
The breakaway Pro Euro Conservative Party fielded rival candidates against the Tories in the European elections.
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