We should be more judgemental of celebrity brands – what does your instinct and evidence tell you?
Giles Dilnot
My plea is not to say, ‘well done you, so you got things right’, that’s not the point. I want people to be more rigorous in how they weigh and measure people put before us to choose, and judge what they have and where they are wanting.
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Badenoch has ‘already worked Burnham out’ at PMQs
Oliver Dean
But now, she seems comfortable in her own position. She can stand at the Despatch Box with a certain level of swagger. She isn’t put off by the heckles of Labour MPs, nor is she left shaken as the Government’s front bench laugh at her. Confident in her jibes, and consistent in her follow-throughs, she has, in many respects, learned how to love being the Leader of the Opposition.
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Braverman epitomises the disastrous tendency of Conservatives to fall out with other Conservatives
Andrew Gimson
She describes the loyalty to the British Empire, and the British tradition of freedom, felt by herself, her parents and other members of the Indian diaspora in Mauritius and East Africa.
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Trump was the great wealthy populist – right up until he hit voters’ wallets and wasn’t that popular
David Gauke
When running a country speaking in terms of overly simple solutions is not a great quality. One has to understand detail and weigh trade-offs. If Trump had bothered to read a briefing note that explained how the Strait of Hormuz could be blocked by the Iranians, we would all be paying much less for energy.
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Burnham’s devolution is just a power grab
Katie Lam
For Burnham and Labour, local government is just another excuse to interfere in people’s lives, and take more of what they earn – and we will fight them every step of the way.
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Not every APPG has Conservative interests at heart – whilst having ‘Conservatives’ on them
Andrew Gilligan
I know Badenoch’s office has attempted to discourage Tories from getting involved with this body, but clearly with incomplete success. Tougher action now needs to be taken against Tories who work against the party, its leadership and its interests in this way.
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From 33 Conservative councillors to one: lessons from South Oxfordshire
Ian Snowdon
I have been working on a Conservative manifesto built around practical commitments: freezing council tax and councillor allowances, delivering promised infrastructure, restoring confidence in planning, protecting biodiversity and proper scrutiny of major council projects.
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Lord Ashcroft
Unlike most pollsters, I ask how likely people think they are to vote for each party at the next election on a scale from zero to one hundred, rather than which they would pick in a hypothetical election tomorrow.
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The new Conservatives are coming straight out of the starting blocks
David Thompson
We are conservatives. We are back. And we have a plan. A plan to fix our economy, to defend our islands, to get people into work and to turn this country around. Come join us.
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Forgotten victims of slavery – and why our PM needs a history lesson
David TC Davies
There is a sombre religious memorial to those who died fighting the Ottoman armies. Its inscription reads: “Wanderers entering this site, bow your heads in respect to the fallen Christian heroes.” Labour MPs may be ignorant of the history of slavery in Europe but the Hungarians will never forget.