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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 Home12 Jun 2026

Council by-election results from yesterday and forthcoming contests

The Conservatives held a seat in Cheshire West & Chester. But the Conservatives lost a seat to the Green Party in Slough. The post Council by-election results from yesterday and forthcoming contests appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home27 May 2026

Bob Seely: Net Zero is economic suicide – and it is now endangering our national security

What began life as, at best, a noble objective and at worst, a piece of virtue signalling with little thought as to the eventual cost, has not only become a destroyer of jobs and industry, but it's now also directly impacting on our foreign and defence policy The post Bob Seely: Net Zero is economic suicide – and it is now endangering our national security appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home26 May 2026

Lord Ashcroft: “It would be very funny if he didn’t get in” – My latest focus groups

Conversations took place took place in Barking, where we heard from Labour voters tempted by Reform; Lewisham, with Labour voters tempted by the Greens; and Newbury and Carshalton, where we heard from Lib Dem voters who switched from the Conservatives in 2024. The post Lord Ashcroft: “It would be very funny if he didn’t get in” – My latest focus groups appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home22 May 2026

Elliot Keck: How the Green Party will use our town halls to attack Israel

Newly elected Greens now care increasingly about one thing, and one thing only: Palestine. The side effect that this makes our communities increasingly hostile to Jews is at best a distraction to be ignored, and at worst the icing on the cake. The post Elliot Keck: How the Green Party will use our town halls to attack Israel appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home15 May 2026

Max Anderson: Attenborough’s 100th birthday was a milestone for him but a marker for Conservative environmentalism

Britain is a nation of nature lovers; Attenborough has ensured this has been cemented in the public consciousness. But it is worth remembering and reminding ourselves it is conservatives who have put words into action. The post Max Anderson: Attenborough’s 100th birthday was a milestone for him but a marker for Conservative environmentalism appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home15 May 2026

Sarah Ingham: How the Greens do like to greenwash – even a Lamborghini

The joke, now far less funny, is that the Greens were always watermelons – eco-kindliness on the outside, Corbynite hard-left socialism within.  The post Sarah Ingham: How the Greens do like to greenwash – even a Lamborghini appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home14 May 2026

Liz Mair: Britain’s saggy entrepreneurship numbers should worry us all

Statistics do not lie: The UK is well behind the curve on key entrepreneurship metrics. If we want to thrive as a country, boosting business start-ups, business expansions, and creating an environment that makes survival past the five-year mark more tenable must be a national priority. The post Liz Mair: Britain’s saggy entrepreneurship numbers should worry us all appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home14 May 2026

Tori Peck: Young women have a right to be angry- but we can’t let them be hypnotised by the Greens

Whether you like it or not, politics has changed. It is incumbent on us to find, and fight for our place in the new politics. We may know that Zack Polanksi is a clown, and a dangerous one at that. But he’s the one laughing right now. The post Tori Peck: Young women have a right to be angry- but we can’t let them be hypnotised by the Greens  appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home13 May 2026

Craig Smith: The environment, the economy and how both play into common sense Conservatism

You cannot protect the environment by undermining the economy. If businesses are overburdened, if energy costs spiral out of control, and if families are priced out of everyday essentials, then public support for environmental action quickly erodes. The post Craig Smith: The environment, the economy and how both play into common sense Conservatism appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home12 May 2026

Maurisa Coleman: Kemi has started the renewal now local Conservatives need to lace up their boots

Too many local associations still behave as though visibility during election season is enough. Too many councillors still rely on outdated political assumptions in an environment that no longer rewards complacency. And too many local structures continue to confuse survival with renewal. The post Maurisa Coleman: Kemi has started the renewal now local Conservatives need to lace up their boots appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home6 May 2026

Charles Amos: From the table tax to alcohol licensing, the state is spoiling fun in the sun

In a country which is usually covered in cloud, most of us want to make the most of the sunny weather when it is here. Yet whether it comes to eating alfresco, drinking a pub pint on the village green, or, indeed, playing beer pong in a pub garden, the state says ‘no’. Well, I say, no more. The post Charles Amos: From the table tax to alcohol licensing, the state is spoiling fun in the sun appeared first on Conservative Home.

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