“Let’s cut the subsidies for expensive renewables,” says the Conservative leadership contender who would remove “crazy, binding targets.”
The Shadow Work Secretary says after “MPs playing games” with he voting means the electoral process should be reviewed for the system.
I was attending as an ordinary member and it’s been a long time since I had so many good conversations with well-balanced, normal people. The hallmark of conservatism is its common sense.
Cleverly may not understand what has happened. It will be fascinating to find out. How you go from joint third to first with a post Conference surge, and 24 hours later be out is a quite the conundrum
The next Leader will have to focus on winning back lost voters, on two fronts. “Uniting the right” will not be enough to win a majority. Yet at the same time the party cannot ignore the 23% of its support that went to Reform.
Our updated guide to candidates and supporters as the contest for the next Conservative Party leader proceeds.
We need a strong and united Conservative Party to be an effective opposition, stand up to this Labour government, and send them back to Opposition at the first possible opportunity.
The Conservative Party must be a party of pragmatism and solutions. The public doesn’t just want to hear about Labour’s failures; they want to hear how we will address the pressing issues of our time
Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick, and Tom Tugendhat all had more members less likely to vote for them after Birmingham than before – despite our panel ranking experience and likeability last in their criteria for leadership.
Tom has called for national party reform for the entire ten years I have known him. I believe he is by far the most serious about the depth of the problems and need for far reaching solutions than any of the other candidates.
The change we need is not all in one direction. Far from it. If I become leader, we will not lurch to the right or the left — we will move towards the public.
We believe Kemi recognises the need to rebuild our Party based on Conservative principles. This means having a plan to re-engineer the way government works – at local, devolved, and national levels.
The Shadow Foreign Secretary has stormed ahead to take second place on members’ preferences – and for the first time sees off his former Home Office colleague in the head-to-heads.
Tom is a Conservative who can unite all wings of our party – and, even more importantly, appeal to all parts of our country.
I want our best players outside of Parliament fighting for us. I’d appoint Jacob Rees Mogg Conservative Party chairman, and we would bring back great campaigners like Penny Mordaunt to the frontline.