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Conservative Home5 May 2026

Rick Moore: Spite dressed up as policy – why Reform’s detention centre plan is is wrong on so many levels

Reform UK has unveiled a proposal that it calls democratic consent. What it actually amounts to is collective punishment by postcode — and every serious Conservative should say so, even if as I do they support getting rid of illegal migrants quickly. The post Rick Moore: Spite dressed up as policy – why Reform’s detention centre plan is is wrong on so many levels appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home25 Feb 2026

Newslinks for Wednesday 25th February 2026

Mandelson held to stop him fleeing Britain | Greens plan to hand illegal migrants free house, a wage and NHS care | Brexit reset must go further, urges EU chief The post Newslinks for Wednesday 25th February 2026 appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home8 May 2026

Richard Ekins: Come on Monsieur Besert, say what you mean – or didn’t you mean what you said?

The Secretary General’s claim was obviously that the UK should not leave the ECHR because doing so would place it in company with Russia and Belarus. This was the “consequence” of which he warned, but whatever the clarification this is a false comparison The post Richard Ekins: Come on Monsieur Besert, say what you mean – or didn’t you mean what you said? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home8 May 2026

Horrible results for Labour, good for Reform but ‘just about managing’ is the probably best the Tories can expect

It never was going to be a glorious morning for the Conservatives, but I the ‘sit rep’ right now is a beleaguered but unbowed acceptance of baked in expectations. Watching the Labour party take a beating less than two years after a landslide, as Dorothy said, folks, we are not in Kansas anymore. The post Horrible results for Labour, good for Reform but ‘just about managing’ is the probably best the Tories can expect appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home8 May 2026

Local elections live blog: Early results show Labour losses even higher than expected

Reform UK and the Lib Dems are also making big gains from the Conservatives. The post Local elections live blog: Early results show Labour losses even higher than expected appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home8 May 2026

Anne-Marie Trevelyan: Ministers on the campaign trail – good or bad?

When voters are asking national questions, it is only right that national leaders provide national answers. Silence would not depoliticise the issue; it would simply leave a vacuum for speculation.  Local elections are a moment to highlight the partnership between national and local government. The post Anne-Marie Trevelyan: Ministers on the campaign trail – good or bad? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home7 May 2026

Kamran Balayev: Why the world needs Conservative statecraft to navigate the AI age

The question is not who builds AI fastest. It is who governs it wisest. And quietly, almost without noticing, Britain has accumulated precisely the tools the moment demands. The post Kamran Balayev: Why the world needs Conservative statecraft to navigate the AI age appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home7 May 2026

Arthur Reynolds: Labour’s war on pubs is actually stifling an engine of social mobility

In their determination to squeeze every ounce of tax from pubs, Labour risks breaking an industry that offers a lifeline to thousands of young people who know the classroom isn’t for them. The post Arthur Reynolds: Labour’s war on pubs is actually stifling an engine of social mobility appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home7 May 2026

Callum Price: We shouldn’t just be focussed on ‘growth’ but on selling what a difference it’d make to individuals

The job for politicians is to set the tone and take us with them. To lead the way, sell their plans in terms of what they will mean for real people in their everyday lives, and how they will make Britain a beacon of prosperity on the world stage once again.  The post Callum Price: We shouldn’t just be focussed on ‘growth’ but on selling what a difference it’d make to individuals appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home7 May 2026

Kemi Badenoch’s eve of polling speech to supporters

The Conservative leader spelled out why she thinks people should support the party, under her leadership, once more The post Kemi Badenoch’s eve of polling speech to supporters appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home7 May 2026

“The problem is I’m not sure very many of us know exactly what it is local government really does”

Our Editor talks to Talk Radio's Ian Collins about the local elections and why they are far too much about national issues The post “The problem is I’m not sure very many of us know exactly what it is local government really does” appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home7 May 2026

Kemi Badenoch tackles a heckler “It’s not pandering to the Right. I am the Right, and proud to be so”

The Conservative Leader responded unscripted to a pro-Palestine activist who heckled her call to do more to support British Jews under attack from Islamists The post Kemi Badenoch tackles a heckler “It’s not pandering to the Right. I am the Right, and proud to be so” appeared first on Conservative Home.