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Conservative Home1 Jun 2026

Andrew Bowie: The SNP are bad enough about spending public money, but Peter Murrell was no better at spending theirs

I’ve spent most of my life in and around the Granite City, Aberdeen, but after 19 years of an SNP Government in Holyrood and just two years of a disastrous Labour Government in Westminster, the once-great city is starting to look a shadow of its former self. The post Andrew Bowie: The SNP are bad enough about spending public money, but Peter Murrell was no better at spending theirs appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home29 May 2026

Council by-election result from yesterday and forthcoming contests

There was only one contest yesterday. The Lib Dems gained a seat from the Conservatives in Swansea. The post Council by-election result from yesterday and forthcoming contests appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home29 May 2026

Peter Fortune: London’s political system is not reflecting the people elected to operate in it

This is not political, the very make-up of the GLA means that these changes would return power to Assembly members of all parties, as well as empowering London boroughs and local councillors to do the job they were elected to do. The post Peter Fortune: London’s political system is not reflecting the people elected to operate in it appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home29 May 2026

James Weston: The Long Read – Did Brexit restore Parliamentary Sovereignty in the United Kingdom?

ultimately, the EU is no longer able to exercise legal power in the UK or constrain Parliament’s decisions. In the constitutional sense, Parliamentary sovereignty and its legal supremacy has been restored, even if in practice it remains shaped by the ongoing political realities facing the UK. The post James Weston: The Long Read – Did Brexit restore Parliamentary Sovereignty in the United Kingdom? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home29 May 2026

Tomas Roberto: We must shut down Hong Kong’s office for intimidation and repression in Britain

Britain has, quite rightly, offered refuge to Hong Kongers fleeing political persecution. It cannot simultaneously allow the apparatus of that persecution to operate, unchecked, within its own borders.  The post Tomas Roberto: We must shut down Hong Kong’s office for intimidation and repression in Britain appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home29 May 2026

You shuffle if you want to, but the ‘lady’ isn’t dealing right now

Right now, who is going to bet that any of the current Cabinet will be in their current role by the end of this year. Whatever happens in the Labour civil war, the Opposition shouldn't interfere, and simply adapt to what emerges at the end of it all.  The post You shuffle if you want to, but the ‘lady’ isn’t dealing right now appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home29 May 2026

Phil King: Harborough’s warning to Westminster

You cannot concrete over productive farmland in one location while removing farmland from production elsewhere, all while arguing that viability is marginal and infrastructure funding uncertain. The post Phil King: Harborough’s warning to Westminster appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home28 May 2026

Jack Rankin: Parliament must let the Assisted Suicide Bill die

Forcing the Bill through is a wholly inappropriate response to reasoned disagreement. It is certainly not the way our democracy ought to be exercised. The post Jack Rankin: Parliament must let the Assisted Suicide Bill die appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home27 May 2026

It really was nice, for a week – the quiet

Politics viewed from afar has become horribly loud. Blocking it all out, gives you an idea of how most people see politics. It pops in and out their consciousness because it is not their main priority, or topic of conversation. They don’t ignore it, but they aren’t awash with it. The post It really was nice, for a week – the quiet appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home27 May 2026

Ranj Alaaldin: Why Kemi should lead the Tories into the next two elections

The surest way to lose the electorate is to repeat the mistake of believing that a different face at the despatch box will save the party. Let Kemi finish the job of rebuilding and rehabilitating the party, and to give voters a reason to come home. The post Ranj Alaaldin: Why Kemi should lead the Tories into the next two elections appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home26 May 2026

Tolga Inanc: Winning in a multiparty system is possible for the Conservatives it just takes a shift in mindset

Conservatives must do more than energise loyalists: They must frame elections as meaningful choices between likely outcomes in each seat, and why Conservative policies matter. If we do we can win back votes from all directions, including previous non-voters. The post Tolga Inanc: Winning in a multiparty system is possible for the Conservatives it just takes a shift in mindset appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home26 May 2026

Luke Graham: The threat to the Union is bigger after the recent elections and we need positive ways to counter it

No one should be bullied into having to take the nationalist lines of being Welsh or Scottish or else. People can be proud of being Scottish and British, Welsh, and British, Northern Irish and British, English, and British and whatever combination their family happens to be. The post Luke Graham: The threat to the Union is bigger after the recent elections and we need positive ways to counter it appeared first on Conservative Home.

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