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Conservative Home16 Jul 2026

John Oxley: The Conservatives need to find their authenticity

To win, we need to pick up seats across different places with different demographics. Policy will do some of the work on this, but we also need to find people who can cultivate that sort of support. Candidates who understand not just what their constituency looks like, but what the Conservative Party is actually standing for within it The post John Oxley: The Conservatives need to find their authenticity appeared first on Conservative Home.

Housing
Conservative Home16 Jul 2026

Joe Robertson: Our coastguards aren’t volunteers, and the MCA should stop pretending otherwise

The MCA’s conduct has been appalling. But ministers cannot outsource their accountability to an agency, particularly one the Government now knows has misrepresented the views of the very people it is responsible for. Good government means taking responsibility. The post Joe Robertson: Our coastguards aren’t volunteers, and the MCA should stop pretending otherwise appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home16 Jul 2026

Peter Wallace: Free speech is under attack in Argyll and Bute

Expecting councillors to police the behaviour of every follower, every comment, every stranger who tags or replies to them, across multiple platforms, is unrealistic and unworkable. The post Peter Wallace: Free speech is under attack in Argyll and Bute appeared first on Conservative Home.

Crime
Conservative Home15 Jul 2026

Keir Starmer’s last PMQs in the job is a session marked with kindness and humour not political combat

The Commons was in gentler mood in saying farewell to Starmer before he leaves Downing Street for good. The post Keir Starmer’s last PMQs in the job is a session marked with kindness and humour not political combat appeared first on Conservative Home.

Politics
Conservative Home15 Jul 2026

Rumen Cholakov: The Conservatives represent the only way forward to prosperity for this country.

Labour have run this country into the ground in just two years. Their new Prime Minister is now set to make the situation even worse and the Reform party is not a serious prospect for governing.  The post Rumen Cholakov: The Conservatives represent the only way forward to prosperity for this country. appeared first on Conservative Home.

DefenceReform
Conservative Home15 Jul 2026

Austen Morgan: Nigel Farage’s big gamble with ‘the people versus parliament’ could work

Some observers think that Farage is trying to create a tactical advantage.  His return, with a decent turnout and a good share of the vote, might signify that there will not be ten per cent of the voters of Clacton willing to petition subsequently for his recall as a member of parliament. The post Austen Morgan: Nigel Farage’s big gamble with ‘the people versus parliament’ could work appeared first on Conservative Home.

PoliticsReform
Conservative Home15 Jul 2026

Charlotte Vernon: Do you know a Conservative councillor who deserves recognition or an award?

Across the country, Conservative councillors are proving every day that local democracy works best when it is driven by people who care deeply about their communities. The post Charlotte Vernon: Do you know a Conservative councillor who deserves recognition or an award? appeared first on Conservative Home.

Defence
Conservative Home15 Jul 2026

Daniel Herring: Away from the capital Burnham’s tax plans will bring few gains

But the main problem with Labour’s plans for CGT is one we've seen before from them, that it will cause economic harm while probably not raising much, if any, money. The post Daniel Herring: Away from the capital Burnham’s tax plans will bring few gains appeared first on Conservative Home.

Economy
Conservative Home15 Jul 2026

Labour say there’s a civil war with the ‘wets’ raging in the Conservative party. I can’t find one

What we are seeing is a consistency of position being forged that is neither wet nor dry, left or right, but 'Conservative' as defined by the current leadership. But I'm not expecting this so called purge to produce mass casualties, and it's fundamentals aren't even new. The post Labour say there’s a civil war with the ‘wets’ raging in the Conservative party. I can’t find one appeared first on Conservative Home.

DefenceHousing
Conservative Home15 Jul 2026

John Redwood: Politics has lost a principled person of real conviction – mercifully she is not the last

This generation can find some good politicians with sound principles and understandings to take over from this dire government. Great leaders have good principles, but also need good judgement when the people are not persuaded. Abandoning good principles leads to failure. The post John Redwood: Politics has lost a principled person of real conviction – mercifully she is not the last appeared first on Conservative Home.

Politics
Conservative Home15 Jul 2026

Sam Collins: Badenoch has taken a brave and important step, lets hope the law doesn’t meddle

Kemi is dragging the Parliamentary Party onto serious intellectual and ideological foundations. But she and her team must ensure that the unelected judiciary does not have an opportunity to stymie it. And maybe the Conservatives should widen our reappraisal of the Equality Act. The post Sam Collins: Badenoch has taken a brave and important step, lets hope the law doesn’t meddle appeared first on Conservative Home.

Politics
Conservative Home15 Jul 2026

Nick Austen: Shared ownership is the most un-conservative housing policy ever devised

Ownership changes people, and Thatcher understood why: it is not the asset that matters but what it represents. Independence. Responsibility. A stake in the country you live in. Shared ownership is the precise opposite of that instinct. The post Nick Austen: Shared ownership is the most un-conservative housing policy ever devised appeared first on Conservative Home.

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