The conservative paradox
The Tories face electoral oblivion, having failed to grasp that voters look to government for a shield against insecurity. Is…
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Conservatism’s cult of common sense
The Tories’ set the terms of British politics – to the common expense of all.
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The left’s conservative turn
From Keir Starmer to Sahra Wagenknecht, a consensus of securonomics and social moderation is emerging.
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Sahra Wagenknecht’s new left conservatism
Europe’s leaders are keenly watching the German breakaway party.
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The Conservative Party is disintegrating
As the boundary between the Tories and the radical right breaks down, the party has morphed into something new.
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The New Statesman’s right power list
The 50 most influential people shaping Britain’s conservative politics.
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Bronze Age Pervert will not save the American right
The author of Bronze Age Mindset has galvanised US conservatives – but his adolescent philosophy will soon be forgotten.
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The Tory selection doom loop
Conservative constituencies are revolting against CCHQ.
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Inside Viktor Orbán’s ideas factory
What makes Hungary so appealling to the new, radical right?
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How Deep England fell out of love with Boris Johnson
The disgraced former prime minister is not welcome among his new neighbours in rural Oxfordshire.
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Who could buy the Telegraph Media Group?
Whoever takes on the group’s titles will have a role in shaping the future of British conservatism.
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The first reactionary
Edmund Burke may be the Conservatives’ philosopher king – but his thinking was more fickle than Tories seem to realise.
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If the Tories are the party for hard-working people, why are they so spectacularly lazy?
For the past 13 years, Britain has been run by people who fundamentally can’t be bothered.
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The rise of Mavis man and woman
Meet “Mavis”: the Middle-Aged, Volatile, Insurgent voters reshaping Britain’s politics. Who are they and what do they want for themselves…
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Could millennials become Conservative voters after all?
New research suggests they don’t like the party but that their values aren’t so dissimilar.
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The Tory right says the quiet part out loud
Day two of the National Conservatism conference offered an unnerving insight into our ruling party.
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Europe’s false dawn
After the revolutions of 1848, liberals helped create a conservative international order that has shaped the world since.
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Rescuing conservatism
A revival of civic institutions is needed to restore an alienated and divided country.
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National Conservatism is an intellectual dead end
The NatCon movement offers nothing but the redundant fusion of economic liberalism and social authoritarianism.
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The rise of Britain’s pantomime right
A nonsensical, camp new conservatism is being born on GB News.
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