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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 Home23 Jun 2026

Rory Broomfield: We need to look forward and seize some of the Brexit opportunities that remain untouched

Adopting an open, market-based approach could offer a refreshing alternative to the status quo. The future can be a great one - only if the Brexit opportunities are embraced. The political party that does could very well win the next General Election. The post Rory Broomfield: We need to look forward and seize some of the Brexit opportunities that remain untouched appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home23 Jun 2026

The ‘mastermind’ of Brexit looks back – 10 years later

Having gone through 6 prime ministers and 3 general elections, it would be foolish to deny that Brexit has had a lasting impact on Britain. Whether such an impact has been positive or negative is for the public to decide, but Lord Elliott most definitely believes that it has been a positive experience. The post The ‘mastermind’ of Brexit looks back – 10 years later appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home23 Jun 2026

David Willetts: A decade of Brexit reverberations have hampered growth and may have made Britain harder to govern

Right now the big question is how to tackle the poor performance of the British economy and the reasons behind it. Not all are Brexit related, but it's important to address those that are. We aren't going back in, but we should still investigate, for our own good, the Brexit effect. The post David Willetts: A decade of Brexit reverberations have hampered growth and may have made Britain harder to govern appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home23 Jun 2026

Kevin Hollinrake: A strong team and North Sea oil and gas pitch show the flame of Conservatism is still very much alight

It is worth remembering that whilst the Makerfield by-election became a story about one man's job, the by-election in Aberdeen South was about thousands of jobs. Not just in Aberdeen, but in every corner of the United Kingdom. The post Kevin Hollinrake: A strong team and North Sea oil and gas pitch show the flame of Conservatism is still very much alight appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home23 Jun 2026

Hamish Adourian: What eight years as a Conservative councillor in Earl’s Court taught me

Even when officers do say yes, that’s only half the battle: proposals have a habit of being agreed in principle and then quietly stalling. The post Hamish Adourian: What eight years as a Conservative councillor in Earl’s Court taught me appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home22 Jun 2026

Austen Morgan: The Northern Ireland legacy Policy was already in tatters before today

Hilary Benn, the NI secretary, finally introduced his Northern Ireland Troubles Bill, creating two classes of veterans: those under the 2021 act and those – who were about to be sacrificed – under the Legacy Act 2023.  This is the bill Al Carns has torn up with his bare hands. The post Austen Morgan: The Northern Ireland legacy Policy was already in tatters before today appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home22 Jun 2026

Lord Ashcroft: Where are the Conservative voters on Brexit ten years on and are they changing their minds?

My most recent poll asked if life in Britain over the last few years had been better, worse or about the same than it would have been if we were still in the EU. On the left, the view is clear: around eight in ten Labour, Lib Dem and Green voters say “worse”. On the right, the view is more nuanced. The post Lord Ashcroft: Where are the Conservative voters on Brexit ten years on and are they changing their minds? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home22 Jun 2026

Luke Graham: Two recent results suggest that the writing isn’t on the wall for the Tories

Politics is rarely as straightforward as the polling makes out. Elections are still fought constituency by constituency, ward by ward and doorstep by doorstep. Aberdeen South and Swindon are reminders that electoral resilience matters, that local campaigning still counts and that recovery is possible long before the commentators notice it. The post Luke Graham: Two recent results suggest that the writing isn’t on the wall for the Tories appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home22 Jun 2026

Sir Keir Starmer announces that he will step down as Prime Minister

The Prime Minister will step down after any leadership contest concludes with nominations closing for that on July 9th. The post Sir Keir Starmer announces that he will step down as Prime Minister appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home22 Jun 2026

‘Mirror, mirror on the wall, on whom can we pin our failures all?’ – Just don’t say ‘us’

I see no appetite for introspection from Starmer or Reform. Anything but the mirror, and despite the fact that such a weakness helps us, it seems a crying shame they can’t, for their own good, take a hard look and go ‘You know what folks, this is on us, and we need to do better' The post ‘Mirror, mirror on the wall, on whom can we pin our failures all?’ – Just don’t say ‘us’ appeared first on Conservative Home.