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Conservative Home20 Mar 2026

Neil Shastri-Hurst: Build more homes, but build them beautifully

The homes we construct today will form the landscape of Britain for generations. They will shape how children grow up, how neighbours interact and how communities perceive themselves. Building well is therefore not an aesthetic indulgence; it is an act of civic stewardship. The post Neil Shastri-Hurst: Build more homes, but build them beautifully appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home20 Mar 2026

Trump always lets his friends and allies down, and has now doomed himself

British policy should not be distorted by attempts to conciliate a President who has blundered into war. The post Trump always lets his friends and allies down, and has now doomed himself appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home20 Mar 2026

Sarah Ingham: The lessons of Suez paint an unexpected political picture

If Labour believes that opposing controversial military action brings political success at home, Suez is a warning. By rights, the Conservatives should have been punished for the botched misadventure, but in the 1959 Election, Harold Macmillan won a landslide. The post Sarah Ingham: The lessons of Suez paint an unexpected political picture appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home19 Mar 2026

Edward Davies: Solving the birth rate crisis is a moral and fiscal imperative

The CSJ’s analysis shows that on current population estimates children in school today could face working until their mid-70s before receiving a state pension. The post Edward Davies: Solving the birth rate crisis is a moral and fiscal imperative appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home19 Mar 2026

How the Tories are planning a strategic defence review in opposition

The shadow defence secretary refers to "the end of dependency", both on other countries for defence and the public on the state – with a choice to direct spending away from welfare and into defence. The post How the Tories are planning a strategic defence review in opposition appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home19 Mar 2026

Bob Seely: What’s wrong with the Foreign Office – and how to put it right

Dr Robert Seely MBE is author of ‘The New Total War’, ConservativeHome’s foreign affairs columnist and a former Conservative MP.  As the worn cliché had it, within living memory the British civil service was a Rolls-Royce machine—so smooth and effective was its operation. The Foreign Office (currently called the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, FCDO), […] The post Bob Seely: What’s wrong with the Foreign Office – and how to put it right appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home18 Mar 2026

PMQs: Badenoch gets no answer as to whether the PM ever spoke to Mandelson before appointing him

The Prime Minister dodged questions about his handling of Mandelson to claim the Conservative leader had wanted to go to war. The Speaker pointed out that it was not Opposition Question Time. The post PMQs: Badenoch gets no answer as to whether the PM ever spoke to Mandelson before appointing him appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home18 Mar 2026

James Elles: Defending the continent of Europe is a common responsibility

Focussed on domestic issues, the November budget made no reference as to how the 5 per cent NATO defence spending target will be met. The UK Government is doing too little to prepare the British people for the security challenges ahead. The post James Elles: Defending the continent of Europe is a common responsibility appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home16 Mar 2026

David Gauke: Donald Trump is not our friend and all parties should be wary of being too close

Wanting the US action against Iran to replace an evil regime with something much better is one thing, but the odds were always that is not going to be the case.  In such circumstances, reticence in supporting the US was not a moral failure, but perfectly sensible. The post David Gauke: Donald Trump is not our friend and all parties should be wary of being too close appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home13 Mar 2026

Jonathan Guttentag: Iran exposes the West’s crisis of moral clarity

Within days of military strikes against Iranian targets, demonstrations appeared in several Western cities condemning Israel and the United States, while paying little attention to the actions and ideology of the Iranian regime itself. The post Jonathan Guttentag: Iran exposes the West’s crisis of moral clarity appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home13 Mar 2026

George Beglan: Britain’s political class has confused legal performance with strategic thinking – again

International law in military matters has always been more facade than framework: it lacks enforcement mechanisms, it derives its apparent authority from hegemonic sponsorship, and appealing to it not only fails to constrain great power behaviour but obscures the real debate The post George Beglan: Britain’s political class has confused legal performance with strategic thinking – again appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home12 Mar 2026

John Oxley: A serious defence policy demands serious political honesty

If the voters are going to accept the costs of rearmament, the positive case needs to be made. This includes bluntly explaining the risks that those of us who obsessively monitor the news are already aware of. It also requires setting out why our military power matters. The post John Oxley: A serious defence policy demands serious political honesty appeared first on Conservative Home.

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