by Benedict Surtees Since the General Election, assessments of the Conservative Party’s campaign have tended to centre on the party’s failure to secure a parliamentary majority. This focus isn’t especially surprising: as ConservativeHome’s own review of the campaign stressed, Conservatives enjoyed a number of advantages during the campaign that made the inconclusive result as puzzling […]
Benedict Surtees has been a Conservative Party Agent since 2008 and is currently working towards a masters degree focusing on the way in which changes in Party organisation are influencing approaches towards constituency campaigning in Britain. Today, the decline in party membership and activism is a recurrent concern right across the political spectrum, not just […]
by Benedict Surtees Since the General Election, assessments of the Conservative Party’s campaign have tended to centre on the party’s failure to secure a parliamentary majority. This focus isn’t especially surprising: as ConservativeHome’s own review of the campaign stressed, Conservatives enjoyed a number of advantages during the campaign that made the inconclusive result as puzzling […]