If politics continues to descend into ever narrower identity politics and escalating grievance, the fragmentation of our party system will accelerate. The risk is of winning individual battles, but ultimately losing the war for the soul and cohesion of our country.
As China and Russia and India build closer links in Britain there are more pressing matters than strategic relevance and a coherent China policy: ministerial musical chairs, another governing party talking to itself, and the ‘Mandelson Distraction’.
Sunak is uninterested in rushing a deal just to have a tangible “Brexit benefit”. There will be no Johnsonian pledges of a deal by Diwali.
if Delhi won’t budge on Visas or the restoration of colonial treasures, the British team must be willing to walk away. Failing to do so would be disastrous.
Conservatives should be careful not to assume that all Hindus are Thatcherites in waiting. Some regard standing up to Modi, and keeping his anti-Muslim politics out of Britain, as much more important.
The subject has not yet been sufficiently studied, but there is clearly an affinity between the Hindu ethic and the spirit of conservatism.
On a recent visit to Delhi, I was struck by how the subcontinent has been transformed in recent decades.
When the Chancellor has to sub you two hundred quid to keep the lights, some fresh ideas are needed.
Be it getting Brexit done or record job numbers and mega manufacturing investment, Johnson has delivered here.
The term pits one group against another and does more to damage race relations than enhance them.
The EU started trade talks with the country back in 2007 and suspended them in 2013. Will post-Brexit Britain find it easier?
This week marks a bleak anniversary for those from the former princely state. But there’s a new corrective to the Tory pro-India tilt.
At Conservative Friends of India, we’ll keep championing these opportunities and making sure this deal delivers for businesses and communities across the UK.