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Conservative Home28 Jul 2026

Luke Robert Black: £3.8bn could be spent on the NHS. Kemi should spend that on investors instead

Much of this is challenging to communicate to a country which has a very low risk appetite for investing in the first place, and a media environment that often frames business profits as an exclusively negative thing. No one likes the establishment doing better – it’s all Reform and the Greens seem to talk about nowadays. The post Luke Robert Black: £3.8bn could be spent on the NHS. Kemi should spend that on investors instead appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home28 Jul 2026

Oliver Rose: The Ukrainian question has a simple answer – peace through victory

Victory must therefore mean more than military success. It must mean rebuilding Ukraine as a confident democracy, supporting justice through lawful international institutions, encouraging a more democratic future for Russia, strengthening Europe's collective security, and ensuring that the mistakes of the past are not repeated. The post Oliver Rose: The Ukrainian question has a simple answer – peace through victory appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home28 Jul 2026

Alex Challoner: Sadiq Khan’s ‘Summer Streets’ policy is too little, too late

Sadiq Khan has left it far too late to try to salvage some sort of political legacy as a ‘fun Mayor’ now. It will take more than a few picnic tables to wipe the memory of a decade of failure in office. The post Alex Challoner: Sadiq Khan’s ‘Summer Streets’ policy is too little, too late appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home28 Jul 2026

Brandon To: I warned that Thames Water was about accountability, not ownership. Labour still doesn’t get it

The choice facing Conservatives is no longer between Thatcher and Attlee. It is between clinging to an outdated ownership debate, or building a twenty-first-century regulatory state that makes monopoly providers answerable to the public. The post Brandon To: I warned that Thames Water was about accountability, not ownership. Labour still doesn’t get it appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home28 Jul 2026

Don’t believe the polls – Reform are not imploding

So we should take these polls with a rather significant pinch of salt. The Westminster commentariat will likely obsess over these numbers and seat projections - pushing the idea that Reform is on the way out. But step outside the confines of SW1, and this is not an attitude shared by the public. The post Don’t believe the polls – Reform are not imploding appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home28 Jul 2026

Peter Franklin: Don’t just enjoy Farage’s failures, learn from them

It is conceivable that Reform could implode. It didn’t even exist a decade ago and its roots are shallow. However, the underlying populist impulse is deeply rooted. The post Peter Franklin: Don’t just enjoy Farage’s failures, learn from them appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home28 Jul 2026

Liam Mannix: The Tories are wrong not to fight the Clacton by-election

As a party, I feel we should always be ready to fight any contest which comes our way. Every extra voter won over to our cause is one further brick in the wall we are looking to rebuild. Every opportunity to get our message across should be seized, and every chance to win a seat back taken. The post Liam Mannix: The Tories are wrong not to fight the Clacton by-election appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home28 Jul 2026

Derek Wann: Taking responsibility – a year of Conservative leadership in Angus

Housing quickly became one of our defining priorities. Across Scotland, too many families struggle to find an affordable home, while too many young people feel they have little choice but to leave the communities where they grew up. The post Derek Wann: Taking responsibility – a year of Conservative leadership in Angus appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home27 Jul 2026

Ted Newson: Burnham won’t bring back British industry with more carbon taxes

Despite now owning British Steel, the country still does not make enough steel. If things go ahead as planned, our specialist manufacturers face even higher costs when importing the raw materials that they turn into planes, trains, and other machinery. The post Ted Newson: Burnham won’t bring back British industry with more carbon taxes appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home27 Jul 2026

Lord Ashcroft: ‘He wants to show that even after the £5 million bung, they still want me.’ My Clacton by-election focus groups

At least as many, however, thought they should have contested the election, providing some proper opposition to Farage and offering local voters a real alternative: “If you’re dedicated to what you believe in, you’ve got to stand up for it." The post Lord Ashcroft: ‘He wants to show that even after the £5 million bung, they still want me.’ My Clacton by-election focus groups appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home27 Jul 2026

Stephen Goss: Chris Bryant means more of the same for Northern Ireland

Sir Chris arrives with significant parliamentary experience but no track record on Northern Ireland specifically. His instinct so far: vague commitments, rejection of constitutional changes, a studied caution about legacy legislation, suggests a Secretary of State who understands he has little to gain from bold moves and much to lose from them. The post Stephen Goss: Chris Bryant means more of the same for Northern Ireland appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home27 Jul 2026

I don’t believe Burnham. An early election is coming

And so, when Burnham ruled out an early general election yesterday, I found myself - yet again - struggling to believe him. After all, both Theresa May and Boris Johnson ruled out early elections just months before they called them. What is to say that Burnham won’t do the same? The post I don’t believe Burnham. An early election is coming appeared first on Conservative Home.

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