Badenoch’s response to the Nowak murder is proof she is the serious candidate on the right
Oliver Dean
The message that Badenoch must send is that she will put country before party, and principles before political point scoring. It is not a complicated formula, and it will draw a very important, and necessary dividing line between her and any who seek to claim the Right as their own.
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Thank Pat, he’s just handed you the central problem with Labour in power
Giles Dilnot
The fact is the Labour backbenches, the Labour movement, and anything to the left of them all, thinks greater welfare spending is not just the solution to Britain’s woes, but a moral mission, and worse, completely sustainable and affordable.
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Is Britain Broken? We decided to find out
Callum Price
The question about whether Britain is broken or not is then effectively moot. Few dispute that there are serious problems that need solving. What matters is what they are and how we solve them. The ‘what’ is easy, the ‘how’ is somewhat trickier.
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The new Conservative Party has conservative values
John Redwood
Conservatives believe in democratic government with choice between parties and philosophies at elections. We believe that Opposition is an important part of democratic government, to prevent a tyranny of the majority and to represent the views of legitimate minorities.
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Can anything be done to stop Britain’s right-wing splintering?
Miriam Cates
We may be about to witness the costs of a split vote on the right in the Makerfield by-election later this month, where just a few thousand – or even a few hundred – votes for Rupert Lowe’s Restore could prevent Reform UK from winning the seat.
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With Macron going – French politics has a terrible warning for British Conservatives
Peter Franklin
Without an offering that responds to the causes of the populist revolt, Les Républicains have become a niche party for well-to-do retirees. For a movement that started with Charles de Gaulle, it’s a sad story and a dire warning — one to which I hope that our own party pays heed.
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A year of chaos, contradictions and broken promises from Reform UK in Nottinghamshire
Sam Smith
If this first year has shown anything, it is that there is no magical “Reform way” of governing. There is only the reality of local government, where budgets must balance, services must function, roads must be repaired, and leaders must be accountable for the promises they make.
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Why I think Andy Burnham will lose the Makerfield by-election
Nick Austin
Successful politicians will be those who understand their communities and work alongside them. Andy Burnham has made this campaign about Andy Burnham. Makerfield voters are focused on their families, their future and their town. That is why he is going to lose.
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The Long Read – Did Brexit restore Parliamentary Sovereignty in the United Kingdom?
James Weston
Ultimately, the EU is no longer able to exercise legal power in the UK or constrain Parliament’s decisions. In the constitutional sense, Parliamentary sovereignty and its legal supremacy has been restored, even if in practice it remains shaped by the ongoing political realities facing the UK.
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Lord Ashcroft
Nigel Farage was thought the most likely person to be PM after the next election, with 27 per cent naming him but nearly half of all voters said Reform UK were the party they would least like to see in government after the next election.