“They should be wiping the floor with us in seats like this. They just aren’t”, he argues.
The role of strong local leadership here cannot be underestimated in galvanizing place prosperity.
Taxpayers are going to have to pick up the bill for a pseudoscientific method that’s prejudiced in itself.
As with Brexit, the fundamentals of the Tory position are much stronger than they may seem to be.
Sending pupils early into academic and vocational pathways would allow too many schools to lower their sights and expecations.
The 2024 general election will come around much faster than we think. Having a youth wing that feels valued and is sufficiently energised might just swing the balance.
The third in our series of pieces: how the 2017 generation of winners from Labour increased their majorities.
The Whips and CCHQ should utilise the experience of Bretherton, Bradley, Clarke, Hughes and Rowley – all of whom won Labour seats in 2017.
That doesn’t mean they are all suddenly hardcore Tories. For many we were the least-worst option. But we have an opportunity to win their trust.
A must-read take on how this once safe Labour seat now has a five figure Conservative majority – and its wider meaning.
The first piece of a series this week about what the Conservative Manifesto should look like.
And: The Defence Secretary denies we need to pick empires. Plus: More publicans needed in politics – and the menace of the anti-meat lobby.
As conservatives, we need to be the voice of common sense when it comes to local transport.