It’s a promising start, but Momentum is already ahead in this game.
ConservativeHome’s proposals for Party reform, to avoid a repeat of the miserable snap election result.
It’s still winnable, but there are warning signs for the wider Party and its leadership.
Plus: Military strikes against Syria now. And: Maria Eagle should tell Corbyn to stuff his job. So should Kevan Jones.
Over two years in CCHQ I saw how a broken system hampers campaigning and alienates supporters. This must be stopped.
The first full analysis of how the 2015 election was won. The Party’s efforts were driven by an innovative approach to target seats. So what worked and what didn’t?
Members from a broad range of backgrounds competed and forged firm friendships during the long days of the campaign.
Each of the main parties is trying new techniques, both by choice and out of necessity. Which will work?
In which I go campaigning with Grant Shapps’s brainchild, which has mobilised thousands of activists who would probably not have joined their local associations.
CCHQ is not giving up on the prospect of snatching seats off Labour and LibDems, though there is a fly in the ointment…
At the heart of the row over two of the Home Secretary’s SpAds is the view at the very top of the Party that the next election is all that matters.
To ensure our party is built to last, it must have a mass membership base.
What keeps us coming back is friendship and loyalty. Now let’s press on to next year’s election.
Corbyn is hopeless in many ways, but he has boosted Labour’s membership to half a million. We need to be ready to counter that.