If the concern is that some hunts do not lay trails continuously, then the answer is to tighten the regulatory framework, not to abolish the activity.
If the state can lavish record sums on welfare yet starve the justice system of funds, it is no wonder the foundations of law and order are crumbling.
The conservative temperament is not hostile to change, but wary of reckless change; not opposed to ambition, but mistrustful of schemes that uproot without regard for what has been built before.
It is what turns a population into a people, and a country into a home. It is what allows difference to flourish within a common moral framework. And it is what makes citizenship real.
We need a three-phase approach to tackle the problem: through effective prevention, tougher enforcement and sentencing, and rehabilitation. Now as an MP, I will be making the argument for this approach as effectively and persuasively as I possibly can, so no-one has to have the conversation I had to.
Aid creates jobs by unlocking new markets. It reduces migration pressures. It helps dismantle the very conditions that breed extremism and conflict. If we don’t invest in stability overseas, we will pay the price on our own streets. This is not charity it is part of our national security toolkit.
Currently, thanks to the Conservatives the UK boasts one of the strongest education outcomes for pupils. Number one in the Western world for reading, and England significantly outperforming the international average in maths. This progress is now at risk.
Militarily, there can be no doubt, space has become an increasingly essential domain for conducting operations. The UK Defence Space Strategy clearly sets out the benefits and strategic advantages of controlling space.
An interesting mental exercise is to identify an institution that expands through failure. I can only come up with one – prisons.
The present social contract was written when the number of taxpayers well outstripped the number of retirees. But times have changed.
During this crisis, people have forgotten that it fulfils diplomatic functions as much as scientific ones.
There is a Russian bear sitting behind the desk of the Kremlin; we must not let its cubs play in our midst.
While we want to honour our healthcare system and its workers, we must be open to exploring how we can improve it too.
Whilst loneliness is an inherent aspect of human existence, long-term loneliness has been linked with health inequality and poor life outcomes.
The homes we construct today will form the landscape of Britain for generations. They will shape how children grow up, how neighbours interact and how communities perceive themselves. Building well is therefore not an aesthetic indulgence; it is an act of civic stewardship.