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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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Conservative Home1 May 2026

I was a Jew in denial – until the Green Party made me confront a grim truth about Britain’s antisemitism

I almost want to say thank you to the Green Party, for being the thing that finally pulls my head out from the sand, peels my eyelids open, and forces me to confront what a state British Jews find ourselves in. It is such a deeply sad one that I have desperately not wanted to acknowledge it, and I feel ashamed about that – it doesn’t seem to be an option anymore, and I hope for politicians who could do something about this, they feel similarly. The post I was a Jew in denial – until the Green Pa

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Conservative Home27 Apr 2026

Julian Gallant: On the campaign trail in Ealing

Conservatives currently hold four seats on the council, which we’re defending of course. We’re also advancing in areas that haven’t been considered viable before, like Greenford and Southall. The post Julian Gallant: On the campaign trail in Ealing appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home21 Apr 2026

Peter Franklin: It’s time to take Green voters seriously

If the Left-of-centre vote collapses from Labour to the Greens and the Tory-Reform psychodrama continues to divide the Right, then we be losing more of our heartlands, not winning them back. The post Peter Franklin: It’s time to take Green voters seriously appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home14 Apr 2026

David Willetts: Space is not just the future of ‘discovery science’, but a current geopolitical reality

Space is exciting science. It is bold human exploration. But it is also a crucial environment for complex geo-political rivalries too. Artemis II was a model of international collaboration very different from the MAGA rhetoric. Even America now is not trying to do it all on its own. The post David Willetts: Space is not just the future of ‘discovery science’, but a current geopolitical reality appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home14 Apr 2026

Seb James: How to fight the Green Party – and win

A critical mistake in political campaigning is to dismiss or belittle. That approach closes doors—literally and figuratively. The post Seb James: How to fight the Green Party – and win appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home10 Apr 2026

Council by-election result from yesterday and forthcoming contests

The Green Party gained a seat from Reform UK in Kent. The post Council by-election result from yesterday and forthcoming contests appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home10 Apr 2026

Lord Ashcroft: My latest polling – The crucial “Centrists” who reject both Reform and the Greens

A general election is still years away but if the landscape then resembles the current state of play, one key question will be which putative governing coalition is least chaotic – and this Centrist group of voters may hold the answer. The post Lord Ashcroft: My latest polling – The crucial “Centrists” who reject both Reform and the Greens appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home7 Apr 2026

Lord Ashcroft: My latest polling – Starmer and Iran, does Trump have a plan, and should we drill in the North Sea?

My latest poll looks at the Iran crisis, including Britain’s role and Keir Starmer’s handling of it, whether and how the state should subsidise energy , Shabana Mahmood’s changes to indefinite leave to remain, the North Sea, support for Green policies, and Zack Polanski’s past. The post Lord Ashcroft: My latest polling – Starmer and Iran, does Trump have a plan, and should we drill in the North Sea? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home7 Apr 2026

Gavin Rice: The North Sea is Miliband’s fossil fuelled wake up call

Taking together the costs that could plausibly be reversed by the state, Onward calculates that 30 per cent of a typical bill is due to policy choices. The Government should be rolling back these imposed costs, starting with the carbon taxes on gas power. The post Gavin Rice: The North Sea is Miliband’s fossil fuelled wake up call appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home6 Apr 2026

Claire Coutinho: The UK is hamstrung by the ‘Carbon Tax’ in the face of another global supply shock

We are the only political party with a properly funded plan to cut bills and axe the Carbon Tax in its entirety – and we’re the only political party that has written the legislation needed to open up the North Sea. The post Claire Coutinho: The UK is hamstrung by the ‘Carbon Tax’ in the face of another global supply shock appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home6 Apr 2026

Festus Akinbusoye: Ownership, order, and opportunity. The three pillars of a revived capital

We should be focused on increasing the number of homes, particularly family homes, while also improving their aesthetics. Too many developments look like very tall, soulless, human greenhouses that some of us would not even place our house plants in; they are that ogreish. The post Festus Akinbusoye: Ownership, order, and opportunity. The three pillars of a revived capital appeared first on Conservative Home.

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