A minority government by another name
Alastair Meeks asks how could David Cameron deal with a party within a party? David Cameron has had a cabal of fierce critics on the Conservative backbenches conspiring against him almost since the moment he became party leader. In the new Parliament, the cabal has re-emerged and, emboldened by a small Conservative majority in the House of Commons, has periodically pounced to undermine their leadership’s plans on tax credit cuts, Sunday trading and benefit cuts, among other things. The referendum…