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Conservative Home18 Aug 2026

BREAKING: ConservativeHome founder Tim Montgomerie is ‘suspended’ from Reform UK

Tim Montgomerie, the founder of ConservativeHome, has today been suspended from Reform UK, high placed sources within the party have confirmed. The post BREAKING: ConservativeHome founder Tim Montgomerie is ‘suspended’ from Reform UK appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home17 Aug 2026

Ahmed Imtiaz: We must answer the anti-Establishment revolt

The global revolt against the political system is real. The Conservative Party now has a clear choice: we can either try to preserve a broken consensus, or we can lead the country back to sound money, real sovereignty, and economic freedom. The post Ahmed Imtiaz: We must answer the anti-Establishment revolt appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home17 Aug 2026

John Cooper: Holyrood may be ugly, but Scottish nationalism is uglier

Intended to put decision making closer to the people of Scotland, the SNP have instead bent Holyrood to their separatist agenda, platforming their kooky ideas about gender and soft-touch justice while school standards slip and the very fabric of the country crumbles as local authorities are starved of cash. The post John Cooper: Holyrood may be ugly, but Scottish nationalism is uglier appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home14 Aug 2026

Council by-election results from yesterday and forthcoming contests

The Lib Dems gained a seat from Reform UK in Kirklees and a seat from Labour in East Devon. The post Council by-election results from yesterday and forthcoming contests appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home14 Aug 2026

Patrick English: What does the data tell us about Nigel Farage’s by-election victory and the future for Reform

Reform's leader has won and done better in Clacton than 2024. However anyone paying close attention to the underlying numbers around Farage and his party will notice even at the peak of their polling powers, you could always find twice as many Brits who had an unfavourable opinion of him as had a favourable one. The post Patrick English: What does the data tell us about Nigel Farage’s by-election victory and the future for Reform appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home14 Aug 2026

Our Survey: What about the Burnham ‘bounce’ – as Farage’s Clacton farago goes exactly as expected

Conservative members overwhelmingly (76.4 per cent) thought Burham would get a bounce in the polls for Labour, but that it won't last. The 10.9 percent who thought it could last a long time might be predicting an early election. In another one of those the old MP for Clacton is the new MP for Clacton. That's it. The post Our Survey: What about the Burnham ‘bounce’ – as Farage’s Clacton farago goes exactly as expected appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home14 Aug 2026

Neil Shastri-Hurst: We cannot keep releasing our way out of the prisons crisis

What is now clear is that the public have made their expectations known to MPs, and it is up to us to ensure we legislate for a criminal justice system that restores public confidence. The Conservatives have listened to that call. The post Neil Shastri-Hurst: We cannot keep releasing our way out of the prisons crisis appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home13 Aug 2026

Clacton could prove a pyrrhic victory for Farage

Whilst Farage parades around the Clacton Leisure Centre, tooting his own horn and boasting that he has the establishment on the run, rival parties should very much prepare for a future contest. That, above all else, should be the takeaway from today’s foregone conclusion. The post Clacton could prove a pyrrhic victory for Farage appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home10 Aug 2026

Calum Davies: Star Wars in Welsh? Love it, but Welsh language policy has been a dramatic saga

The only time Welsh languiage the numbers went up, in 1991 and 2001, was after Conservative governments established S4C, the Welsh language TV channel, and the Welsh Language Act, putting Welsh on an equal footing in public business and justice administration. The post Calum Davies: Star Wars in Welsh? Love it, but Welsh language policy has been a dramatic saga appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home7 Aug 2026

Council by-election results from yesterday and forthcoming contests

The Conservatives lost two seats to Reform UK in King's Lynn & West Norfolk and a seat to the Green Party in Reigate and Banstead. The post Council by-election results from yesterday and forthcoming contests appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home6 Aug 2026

Festus Akinbusoye: Our justice system is one of Britain’s greatest institutions. It must not lose public trust

Britain's justice system remains one of the finest in the world because it never stood still. Throughout our history, we have strengthened our institutions when they have come under pressure rather than accepting decline as inevitable. The post Festus Akinbusoye: Our justice system is one of Britain’s greatest institutions. It must not lose public trust appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home5 Aug 2026

Ruth Davidson: Chase only Reform’s voters and you write off half of your own recovery

The party has the biggest pool of winnable voters in the country. And what it does with that comes down to one decision. Make an offer to all of those voters, or spend three years wrestling Nigel Farage for half of them. The post Ruth Davidson: Chase only Reform’s voters and you write off half of your own recovery appeared first on Conservative Home.

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