The public has become immune to the new Labour spin Streeting personifies. When he took office, 41 per cent of the public thought Labour was best placed to run the NHS. Today, just 19 per cent say the same. It’s up to the Conservatives to hold him to account.
The wise politician addresses the questions of his age with a view to passing a society’s fundamental values on to future generations, allowing for adjustments that do not compromise its deepest character.
The impact of social media in schools is visible in friendship groups destabilised overnight by the fallout from group chats; in the heightened anxiety that stems from constant comparison; in the quiet but persistent erosion of self-regulation.
Kemi Badenoch isn’t just playing defence here. By decisively frustrating Farage’s attempt to kill us off, she might just force Reform to rethink its entire strategy. And once both parties realise they’ve got more important things to worry about than each another, anything is possible.
The CPC was such a vital asset in policy formation and election campaigns alike, for its educational mission essentially advanced conservatism and strong, articulate conservatives within the Conservative Party.
We’ve been asking, what is the state of the left-of-centre voting coalition under the biggest Labour majority for nearly 30 years? With Reform ahead in the polls, can the left mobilise to keep the right out of office? It might be trickier than some imagine.
The Conservative answer should not be a return to liberal complacency. Nor a race to outflank Reform on rhetorical hardness, because they will always go further. In this immigration debate, the Conservative answer should be stronger integration.
She says: “It was the last government … that delivered the very system they now complain about.”
He says it was “a very tough decision” to leave the Conservatives, but he did it because the country is “in real peril right now”.
This isn’t about putting forward easy simplistic answers to complex problems because we know that rarely works and there’s plenty of others filling that space. It’s a serious centre right organisation making the case for growth and developing credible proposals.
He casts doubt on the opinion polls, and predicts the Conservatives will do much better at the next election than many people think.
Andy Street and Ruth Davidson are set to launch a new political ‘movement’ from within the Conservative Party.
My latest poll looks at the Iran crisis, including Britain’s role and Keir Starmer’s handling of it, whether and how the state should subsidise energy , Shabana Mahmood’s changes to indefinite leave to remain, the North Sea, support for Green policies, and Zack Polanski’s past.