From GoPros on aprons to Come Fly With Me spoofs, the Conservatives are quietly becoming the UK’s most-watched political brand – outstripping its targets and giving Westminster something to talk about.
The next crisis may not come from financial contagion or energy shocks, but from a Digital Black Swan: a sudden breakdown of digital infrastructure capable of paralysing services and eroding public confidence within hours.
Conservatives know that institutions matter. If we want freedom to survive the algorithmic age, then we must build institutions capable of defending it.
Pubs and papers go hand in hand. They are community hubs, rooted in place, fostering connection, and acting as a glue that binds neighbourhoods together.
Reclaiming our great British tradition of decency and dignity for all should be the goal of all conservatives – and it will be popular with the public too.
Digital infrastructure supports and scales your campaign. If your activists can’t find campaign events, if new members can’t get involved, and if young people feel alienated by bad websites and inaccessible comms, then your campaign will never reach full strength.
By working together—citizens, entrepreneurs, and policymakers—we can create a London that thrives in the digital age, ensuring opportunities for all.
London’s potential lies in digitalisation, the driving force behind economic growth and efficiency across industries.
For the party to come to grips with the digital age, it must transition to placing its most effective method of communication as the primary lever for influencing people. Today, this method is digital, not an op-ed in the newspapers.
A shift towards more interactive, real-time engagement would help voters feel involved in the political process, rather than just passive recipients of information.
This Labour government has now made three wrong moves on technology in as many weeks.
The planning system is still wholly analogue, despite its migration online a few years ago.
Wider access to digital opportunities have expanded, particularly with regards to the rollout of fibre broadband and 4G. But our ambition to become a global tech superpower must benefit the entire country.
These proposals would preserve the Government’s ability to defend against consumer harm and regulate the abuse of market power, whilst also allowing the UK to continue to nurture one of the world’s leading digital economies.
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.