Conservatives
Questionably loyal opposition
A “rainbow coalition” between Conservatives and the Greens raises questions about the state of the Tories
Kemi at the crossroads
Kemi Badenoch cannot tell everybody what they want to hear
The Conservative New Coke problem
It’s hard to shake things up with marketing when the recipe is public and unchanged
Why Robert Jenrick joined Reform
“This Stalinist approach doesn’t seem like the way to build a happy team, but then it’s not my problem anymore”
The neverending Tories
Reform UK cannot depend too much on people who have already failed
How pensions are disarming Britain
On defence investment, Conservatives must walk the walk
The year ahead for the Conservatives
Can Kemi, and the Tories, survive 2026?
If something’s not working
Kemi remains totally confident in the demonstrably untrue
Twilight of the Tories
The fact that Danny Kruger can no longer find a home in the party is damning
Punch & Judy politics won’t work for the Tories
The Tories need to throw their legacy under the bus to survive
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers
Profile: Alec Douglas-Home
The quintessential Tory grandee who
was the last of his kind: a politician
motivated by service to his country
Critical briefing: cuckooing
A hidden scourge has been plaguing British streets for too long
Kemi always gets it right
Whatever the crisis, the Conservative leader invariably discovers that events have vindicated her.
Averting irrational egalitarianism
How to stop ideological anti-racism damaging our institutions and our country
The limits of choice
Sometimes, we do know better than people who are harming themselves
The EU is changing on immigration
A firmer stance is being taken — but will it be enough?
Spectres of folk
Can the gallery embrace unofficial culture?
These violent delights
Pagliacci made the murder the true apex of the show
A high-speed tour of European History
Europe: A New
History by Roderick Beaton
Discontent down under
Populism is now a significant part of Australian politics