The conference showed a large number of people, many of them young, wondering what part a rehabilitated, reinvigorated, Christian conservatism inspired by Burke and Disraeli might have to play.
How can a relative handful of active MPs have sparked so much concern amongst their long-dominant liberal colleagues?
What does conservatism look like in a future where rising burdens on the State make low-tax politics impossible to deliver?
The Scottish Secretary, understated in his public utterances, “often makes the wittiest interjections in Cabinet discussions”.
There are enough mutinous MPs to sink almost any legislation, and he is in no position to face them down in the name of the bigger picture.
Assessing individual rather than household income ignores real circumstances and penalises families.
At the launch of Trusting the People, it became evident that community-powered conservatism already enjoys powerful parliamentary support.
Most of the action has been over Covid-related divisions. And most of the dissenters are from older intakes.
We’re about to find out whether the Commission’s work marks a turning-point for the zeitgiest, policy – and attitudes to the Tories.
He wrote Cameron’s “Hug a Hoody” speech, and during the Barnard Castle affair leapt to the defence of Cummings.
In the wake of International Women’s Day, the fourth article in a five-piece series on ConservativeHome this week.
The Government needs to provide an educational route map out of Coronavirus for schools and colleges – so that they can prepare.
The media have been quick to pick up on some less well-chosen remarks, but this paints a misleading picture of the full debate.
One way in which the Government could help would be through a temporary increase in the Gift Aid rate. Conservatives introduced Gift Aid in 1990, and now have the chance to enhance it.