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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 Home19 Jun 2026

Council by-election results from yesterday and forthcoming contests

The Conservatives gained two seats from Reform UK in Essex. But Reform UK gained two seats from the Conservatives in Conwy. The post Council by-election results from yesterday and forthcoming contests appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home15 Jun 2026

Bernard Argente: Supping with the devil, so the story goes, requires a very long spoon – or just refusing to eat

Political pundits and even conservative ones, such as Jacob Rees-Mogg, believe they have found the remedy for the Conservative Party: working with Reform UK. From my political insight alone, I can assure you this remedy is more like fool's gold. The post Bernard Argente: Supping with the devil, so the story goes, requires a very long spoon – or just refusing to eat appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home15 Jun 2026

Farage is factoring in that delivering what Reform supporters expect is not as easy as they thought

The likelihood of any deal with the Tories seems to have greatly diminished. The question ‘why not’? - to which there are many good answers - doesn’t. The post Farage is factoring in that delivering what Reform supporters expect is not as easy as they thought appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home15 Jun 2026

Lord Ashcroft: My survey of Reform members – Will they win? How will the Civil Service react? Who should follow Farage?

Last month I surveyed 850 members of Reform UK, asking about their priorities for government, their attitudes to Britain, Conservative defectors, how they see prominent figures inside and outside the party, whether they trust elections, and how they think the civil service and the political establishment would react to a Reform victory. The post Lord Ashcroft: My survey of Reform members – Will they win? How will the Civil Service react? Who should follow Farage? appeared first on Conservative H

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Conservative Home9 Jun 2026

Robert Buckland: How we counter extremist ideology with a community response

A modern justice system must treat all forms of extremism with equal resolve, supporting deradicalisation and rehabilitation wherever possible, while acting decisively where risk remains. The post Robert Buckland: How we counter extremist ideology with a community response appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home8 Jun 2026

Nick Timothy: You cannot treat people equally by treating them differently, that doesn’t make sense

Even in law enforcement and the criminal justice system – where officers and prosecutors and judges have a high degree of autonomy for obvious reasons – there must be accountability. Public authorities cannot be used to advance political agendas without consent.  The post Nick Timothy: You cannot treat people equally by treating them differently, that doesn’t make sense appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home5 Jun 2026

Council by-election result from yesterday and forthcoming contests

There was only one contest this week. Reform UK gained a seat from the Conservatives in Westmorland and Furness. The post Council by-election result from yesterday and forthcoming contests appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home5 Jun 2026

Lord Ashcroft: ‘His heart’s in Manchester’ ‘It’s a stepping stone for him’ – My focus groups on the Makerfield by-election

This week we conducted focus groups in the Makerfield constituency among previous Labour voters weighing up the decision: whether to send Andy Burnham to parliament or switch to Reform UK. The post Lord Ashcroft: ‘His heart’s in Manchester’ ‘It’s a stepping stone for him’ – My focus groups on the Makerfield by-election appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home5 Jun 2026

Daniel Pitt: It’s time for a common unifying culture – multiculturalism is a stale idea that didn’t work

A high-trust society requires a shared moral language that knits us together and a common unifying culture. In parts of our country, we have a low-trust society, and multiculturalism is pulling apart our social fabric; and in such a society, justice cannot exist for much longer. The post Daniel Pitt: It’s time for a common unifying culture – multiculturalism is a stale idea that didn’t work appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home5 Jun 2026

Sam Smith: A year of chaos, contradictions and broken promises from Reform UK in Nottinghamshire

If this first year has shown anything, it is that there is no magical “Reform way” of governing. There is only the reality of local government, where budgets must balance, services must function, roads must be repaired, and leaders must be accountable for the promises they make. The post Sam Smith: A year of chaos, contradictions and broken promises from Reform UK in Nottinghamshire appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home3 Jun 2026

Miriam Cates: Can anything be done to stop Britain’s right-wing splintering?

We may be about to witness the costs of a split vote on the right in the Makerfield by-election later this month, where just a few thousand - or even a few hundred - votes for Rupert Lowe’s Restore could prevent Reform UK from winning the seat. The post Miriam Cates: Can anything be done to stop Britain’s right-wing splintering? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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