His loss is a blow to Labour not just Starmer. However I doubt this is the last we see of John Healey in government, for what inevitably must come next: a change at the top.
Three recent interventions from Reform are, even as an opponent reasonable enough, tactically understandable, but expose; a lack of thinking about overall strategy, chinks in the armour of constantly stated positions, and a attempting a drift to the left and right simultaneously
A real conservative approach would recognise this, and offer an alternative which allows parents and education providers to decide for themselves what is best for their children. Schools and parents know young people far better than anyone in central government ever could.
Gareth Southgate did an amazing job, raised hopes and changed the narrative over eight years but we all know the ending – he didn’t actually win the prize. And there’s no point doing the grand ‘Ta-DAH!’ moment, for the Tories, if the crowd has already left the stadium months before.
When it comes to the economy, the state should not be welcomed with open arms. It should be treated with scepticism of the highest order.
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A brand may be left unaided by her own popularity it’s true, but it certainly can’t be helped by an unpopular leader, and this week a leader is how she’s looked.
The message that Badenoch must send is that she will put country before party, and principles before political point scoring. It is not a complicated formula, and it will draw a very important, and necessary dividing line between her and any who seek to claim the Right as their own.
The fact is the Labour backbenches, the Labour movement, and anything to the left of them all, thinks greater welfare spending is not just the solution to Britain’s woes, but a moral mission, and worse, completely sustainable and affordable
With just 16 days to go until the Makerfield by-election, the nation’s focus is trained on the three-way fight between Reform, Restore, and Labour. But the impact this by-election will have on the Tory Party brand has seemingly been swept under the rug.
The Samson act is a dangerous one to follow. Bringing down a temple that is evidently failing Britain but burying yourself in the process is a moot stratagem at best.
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Right now, who is going to bet that any of the current Cabinet will be in their current role by the end of this year. Whatever happens in the Labour civil war, the Opposition shouldn’t interfere, and simply adapt to what emerges at the end of it all.
He might resist the framing, but when you strip away the labels and simply ask what the correct answers are to policy issues, you end up with a programme that looks – on most of the biggest subjects – rather conservative. Blair seems to be moving close to Badenoch’s position.
Politics viewed from afar has become horribly loud. Blocking it all out, gives you an idea of how most people see politics. It pops in and out their consciousness because it is not their main priority, or topic of conversation. They don’t ignore it, but they aren’t awash with it.