Braverman’s letter. Let all the poisons that lurk in the mud hatch out.
Paul Goodman
“The rage, frustration, and contempt of its terms are a foretaste of what’s to come if the Conservatives lost the next election.”
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Yesterday’s defeat was likely a mortal blow to the Rwanda scheme. So now what?
Henry Hill
“The Prime Minister’s mooted emergency legislation seems unlikely to pass; even if it did, there is hardly time before the next election to get the policy operational.”
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Reducing Brexit to trade alone benefits neither Leavers nor Remainers – or the national interest
William Atkinson
“Brexit is neither the source of – nor the solution to – Britain’s myriad economic ills. Current rows over trade flows simply produce a lot of heat and very little light.”
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Harry Phibbs
“The British Museum has rightly been challenged. But many local authorities also have cultural treasures in storage. It’s hidden away from the public. Yet there is a refusal to release any items for sale.”
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Professor Matthew Goodwin
“The issue of immigration is now fully back at the centre of our national life and will exert a profound influence on the outcome of the rapidly approaching general election next year.”
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The Left has turned on McVey’s appointment, but what’s wrong with common sense in politics?
Emily Carver
“I’d say it’s about saying things how they are, avoiding sugar-coating matters, and not denying reality because it’s inconvenient or because it doesn’t fit your ideology, world-view, or political agenda.”
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Why I stood for election to the National Trust’s council, and what can be learned from the results
Andrew Gimson
“The National Trust’s hierarchy prattes about democracy but is convinced that it knows best. Its recent elections were conducted under curious rules that favour incumbents. ”
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The Government’s options in the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling
Conor Casey
“The judgement may be a setback, but it is certainly not an insurmountable obstacle. It is open to Ministers to respond to the Supreme Court’s concerns and move urgently to implement the important policy.”
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Why Conservative students should support Israel and counter anti-Semitism on campus
Calista Toner
“According to a YouGov poll conducted only six days after the atrocities, a staggering 49 per cent of 18-24 year-olds in the UK ‘don’t know’ whether Hamas is a terrorist organisation. This is obsence and abhorrent.”
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Paul Goodman
“I welcome Cameron’s return – but suspect that many voters will see it as the last stand of a party exhausted by four terms and five leaders in fewer than 15 years.”