Giles Dilnot
“The bad news for Boris supporters is those who support him coming back (18.7 per cent) and those who’d strongly support it (20.3 percent) are outweighed by those who’d oppose (16.2 percent) and who’d strongly oppose (30.3 percent) by a margin of 7.5 per cent.”
David Gauke
“Even the smallest of suggested UK EU reforms – reforms which make it easier for businesses to trade and create wealth – are characterised as being a betrayal; the event is described as a “surrender summit” – it makes the Tories look backward-facing and dogmatic.”
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Chagos, again. How do you even commentate on this government?
Henry Hill
“It’s difficult even to make humorous references, because they all use words such as ‘bought’ or ‘sold’ and there’s no word for paying someone lots of money to take something valuable off you.”
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Laudable though it is to give employees rights, what if doing so means people can’t get employed
Matthew Elliott
“When the UK is suffering from chronic economic inactivity, the Government should be supporting businesses to get people back into work. However, with the Employment Rights Bill, the Government is making it more difficult for businesses to give people a leg up onto that ladder of opportunity.”
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Our Survey: The Party’s policy programme needs to speed up as Badenoch’s future splits members
Tali Fraser
“As one MP who attended The Spring Lunch put it to me: “After just spending thousands and thousands of pounds on the Tory party, people were turning to me and asking: ‘So, who is it that is going to be leading us into the next election?’ It was just assumed it wasn’t Kemi.””
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Starmer may think he’s been clever with the electorate despite being craven with the EU
Daniel Hannan
“Any hopes that the EU would, in the light of the Ukraine war, see us as an ally rather than a recalcitrant province, have evaporated. Eurocrats have gone home with everything they wanted. Mission accompli. So long, and thanks for all the fish.”
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Why a clear smoking ban is the Conservative and patriotic choice
James Bethell
“I am a Conservative because I cherish liberty and gradualism. But some fights require a clear decision. Seventy years after science proved its dangers, the tobacco industry’s time is up.”
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Conservative councils must find their chainsaws or face defeat
Harry Phibbs
“They might even find that with Conservative policies, Conservatives can win. We are at our best when at our boldest.”
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Foreign aid is UK National Defence and we really can’t afford to retreat
Neil Shastri-Hurst
“Aid creates jobs by unlocking new markets. It reduces migration pressures. It helps dismantle the very conditions that breed extremism and conflict. If we don’t invest in stability overseas, we will pay the price on our own streets. This is not charity it is part of our national security toolkit.”
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How I bucked the trend in Leicestershire
Craig Smith
“The public may not be ready to forgive the party just yet, but if we reconnect locally and campaign with authenticity and purpose, there’s a way back.”
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