Is this the revival of Tory moderates?
The One Nation wing of the party is trying to regroup in the post-Truss era.
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Why do people keep calling Rishi Sunak a “safe pair of hands”?
The stock conservative metaphor calls to mind the right sort of chaps doing the right sorts of things, no matter…
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Brexit has been a disaster – but Remainers need to get real
There is little hope of rejoining the EU for decades, so we should try to improve Brexit, not reverse it.
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What was the point of Brexit? Britons still don’t know
A survey from Deltapoll finds that few Brits can name any advantages to leaving the EU, three years after it…
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Will Dominic Raab be the next cabinet minister to go?
Nadhim Zahawi’s sacking makes the Deputy Prime Minister’s position increasingly perilous.
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What is the point of Rishi Sunak?
The Prime Minister is a ditherer without purpose.
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The Zahawi affair only proves the power of journalism – and the failure of government
If parliament is serious about standards, it should make the fourth estate stronger.
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Are the Lib Dems winning here?
The former coalition partner has a chance to be a major political force again.
Can the Conservatives use football reform to rebuild Red Wall trust?
A new report underlines the sport’s importance in the north of England. For Rishi Sunak, club regulation could be an…
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The Tories retreat to the south
As the Tories advertise for campaign staff in Blue Wall seats, the Red Wall appears to have been forgotten.
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Why Labour thinks it has solved the Brexit conundrum
If Keir Starmer’s party wins, expect a slew of specific UK-EU treaties to be negotiated.
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Stephen Flynn: “The Tories and Labour are one and the same”
The SNP’s new man in Westminster on the party’s internal divisions, Scotland’s gender bill and Brexit.
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Where next for levelling up?
Conservatives are fuming over “begging bowl” culture, while Labour waits in the wings with its own version of the plan.
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Why is Lee Anderson bragging about how badly off young people are?
The Tory MP is here to remind us you can survive on low pay with a bare minimum of joy…
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Tory moderates fear a takeover by the religious right
Social liberals warn that a heavy Conservative election defeat would hand greater influence to reactionary MPs in safe seats.
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Boris Johnson won’t save the Tories
There is no desire among the electorate for the return of the great charlatan.
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Britain has never faced decline like this before
The difference with past periods of economic woe is how meekly the political class is accepting the UK’s fate.
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Can Rishi Sunak survive the wrath of the right?
This year will be one in which Boris Johnson and Liz Truss’s supporters exact revenge upon the Prime Minister.
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In this time of conflict, I recall my late mother’s Christian wisdom and kindness
Although we often disagreed about politics, she taught me that in this age of frenzy it’s safer to be slow…
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This was the year the UK was forced to abandon its economic delusions
Many of our problems stem from low economic growth – but we have learned solutions need to be credible.
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