Sunak’s speech. Can the remote technocrat morph into the Comeback Kid? He needs a game-changer.
Paul Goodman
“His plan for 2024 is to say: “I may not be the most exciting politician in the world. But I’m the more reliable of the two before you. What I promise I then deliver.” It’s unlikely to be enough on its own.”
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A Starmer government will have big missions – he just can’t say what they’ll be yet
Henry Hill
“In contrast with the Prime Minister, who made five specific commitments, the Labour leader told the nation that he will have objectives and will unveil them soon.”
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Change to win. The Conservatives must win disillusioned millennials, or face irrelevance.
William Atkinson
“If the party wants to win over the young, it is going to have to meet them halfway. Expect a reverse on Brexit or gender self-ID in the next two decades (buy Nokes, sell Badenoch).”
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2023 could be the year the twenties start to roar
Harry Phibbs
“The Truss premiership proved a false dawn for free marketeers. But there is still an opportunity for the fortunes of Britain – and the Conservative Party – to revive.”
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Johnson the Tory Democrat may yet get another chance to save his party
Andrew Gimson
“But it is hard to see how he can become leader again in this Parliament, in which so many of his own MPs refused to serve under him.”
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We mustn’t let politicians use Covid-style restrictions to protect the NHS from reform
Emily Carver
“The speed with which the Prime Minister agreed to impose restrictions on Chinese travellers is deeply concerning.”
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Why the distribution of income matters for growth
Lord Willetts
“Imagine that every day a British Minister dealt with their counterparts in Germany or France, they observed that their own living standards were 25 per cent lower (the gap for Britain’s poorest compared with those two countries).”
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Now Conservative Party members must take back control
Lord Cruddas and David Campbell Bannerman
“The Conservative Democratic Organisation is grateful for the opportunity here to outline some of our proposed reforms to the party.'”
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Max Bladen-Clark
“The purpose of the Conservative Party is to win elections, form a government, and deliver calmly and carefully considered Tory policies for the benefit of the nation. It is not merely to be a voice “making the argument” for conservative ideals.”
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Theresa Villiers MP
“Halving inflation, growing the economy, cutting our national debt, brining down NHS waiting lists and passing new legislation to tackle illegal migration – the Prime Minister has put the public’s top priorities first and foremost.”