Badenoch isn’t bad at PMQs, and Starmer is much worse than you might think
Giles Dilnot
“The purpose of PMQs is not to be the smartest Alec in the room, but to ask a PM questions they hoped you wouldn’t, and they cannot, won’t – or best, don’t even know how to – answer. On this basis, Starmer is terrible.”
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In politics, character is who you are when the cash runs out
Henry Hill
“Sir Keir Starmer is cutting aid for the exact same reason Rishi Sunak would have cut it: it is less politically painful than reducing spending on anything his voters might actually notice.”
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Badenoch is not a realist. She is living in a fantasy land.
William Atkinson
“Her foreign policy has long since been overshadowed by the Prime Minister’s announcement that defence spending should rise to 2.5 per cent of GDP by 2027.”
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To thrive in a post-Trump world, British Conservatives must conquer their neurosis about Europe
David Willetts
“Britain should still play a constructive role as a bridge between America and Europe – but Brexit makes that harder.”
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Starmer’s small-change defence boost won’t even buy a seat at the European security table
Garvan Walshe
“Money is not just about capability, it is also about influence. Now that Germany, Poland (due to spend 5.5 per cent of its GDP on defence), and the wealthy Nordics are rearming, Britain will be expected to contribute significantly more.”
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DOGE is not just a concept to ponder. We should embrace it – as it’s already here
Cllr Tom Jones
“This is the core DOGE strategy: deploy aligned personnel, map money flows, expose entrenched networks, restructure everything before opposition can react.”
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Lord Ashcroft
“On top of that they like the new Conservative immigration policy but doubt it would be implemented, and they noticed the revelations about the Chancellor’s CV more than any other domestic political news story.”
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Why I’m calling time on the big-state, wasteful Scotland that the SNP have built
Russell Findlay MSP
“The big-state circus needs to pack up its tent. It guzzles record sums of cash without doing any better for families, workers, and businesses. ”
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Merz is in danger of becoming the last Christian Democrat ever to become chancellor
Andrew Gimson
“But he could also use his electoral weakness as a spur to carry out the serious reforms which Germany and France need.”
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“Into the valley of Death rode the six hundred…”
William Atkinson
“Three years of war have only demonstrated our unseriousness, as heroic as the Ukrainian resistance has been. When Starmer goes to Washington, why on Earth should Trump listen to him?”