An outpouring of ‘sticks and stones’ outrage can’t hide Badenoch’s palpable hits
Giles Dilnot
Kemi Badenoch in many ways was doing – not to Starmer, but those that have moved him on – something she’s there to do: tell the truth. And yes, the truth hurts. And when that truth is far tamer than some of the things Labour have said about Conservatives my sympathy-gland shrivels.
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Liz Truss: ‘There’s no political party at present in Britain that represents exactly what I think’
Oliver Dean
Truss made it clear that to, in her words, “save Britain” and to “save the west” that “very bold change” is needed. Who this change comes from is anybody’s guess, but she is confident that a conservative solution to the issues currently facing the country “needs to be possible.”
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Bye bye to the big by-election everyone remembers, but don’t forget it wasn’t the only one
David Gauke
In the context of Kemi Badenoch’s improving personal rating (now the least unpopular party leader in the country) and the growing evidence that the air is leaving the Reform balloon, in the gains of 18th June there are signs and genuine grounds for optimism.
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Leaving the ECHR can’t happen soon enough
Sarah Ingham
Why should the silent majority put up with individuals inflicting their loud opinions on us at important moments in our history? It’s time we got out of the ECHR so we can silence these fanatics.
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The DLR extension to Thamesmead is the wrong railway, at the wrong price, for the wrong reasons.
James Ford
It is a housing project masquerading as transport policy. Let there be no doubt: this is not the railway that London needs most right now.
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Your ex-girlfriend may soon be allowed to legally steal your furniture
Charles Amos
Lammy’s proposed reforms simply amount to legalising theft by long-term girlfriends from their long-term property-owning boyfriends. Every argument in favour of it, from fairness as household contribution, fairness as equality to protecting vulnerable women is spurious.
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The Long Read: Defining ‘Kemistry’ – what might Badenochism be?
Matthew Jeffery
The question Badenoch keeps returning to is disarmingly simple: can government still do what it says it will do? That may prove to be one of the defining political questions of the next decade. Kemistry is her answer, and the standard by which it will ultimately be judged.
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Where are the Conservative voters on Brexit ten years on and are they changing their minds?
Lord Ashcroft
My most recent poll asked if life in Britain over the last few years had been better, worse or about the same than it would have been if we were still in the EU. On the left, the view is clear: around eight in ten Labour, Lib Dem and Green voters say “worse”. On the right, the view is more nuanced.
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We may be preparing for the wrong election
Andrew Johnson
Political history is littered with leaders who sought to capitalise on favourable conditions rather than wait for them to deteriorate. Elections are rarely called because circumstances cannot get worse, they are called because prime ministers believe circumstances are unlikely to get better.
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A decade of Brexit reverberations have hampered growth and may have made Britain harder to govern
David Willetts
Right now the big question is how to tackle the poor performance of the British economy and the reasons behind it. Not all are Brexit related, but it’s important to address those that are. We aren’t going back in, but we should still investigate, for our own good, the Brexit effect.