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Conservative Home2 Jun 2026

Peter Franklin: With Macron going – French politics has a terrible warning for British Conservatives

Without an offering that responds to the causes of the populist revolt, Les Républicains have become a niche party for well-to-do retirees. For a movement that started with Charles de Gaulle, it’s a sad story and a dire warning — one to which I hope that our own party pays heed. The post Peter Franklin: With Macron going – French politics has a terrible warning for British Conservatives appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home2 Jun 2026

Lord Ashcroft: Labour leadership contenders, is this government better or worse than the Tories, who do people least want to see in office, and should we rejoin the EU?

Nigel Farage was thought the most likely person to be PM after the next election, with 27 per cent naming him but nearly half of all voters said Reform UK were the party they would least like to see in government after the next election. The post Lord Ashcroft: Labour leadership contenders, is this government better or worse than the Tories, who do people least want to see in office, and should we rejoin the EU? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home1 Jun 2026

Ed Kennedy: The great irony of Wes Streeting’s NHS legacy

For decades Labour warned that Conservatives would privatise the NHS. Yet Wes Streeting may ultimately be remembered as the Health Secretary who convinced growing numbers of GP practices that the traditional NHS model is no longer sustainable The post Ed Kennedy: The great irony of Wes Streeting’s NHS legacy 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 Home18 May 2026

Lee Cain: Kemi abandoned the field, now voters have abandoned her

If nothing changes, the most positive outcome is that the Conservative Party ends up propping up a Nigel Farage government, and Kemi will come to those negotiations with almost nothing to bargain with. The post Lee Cain: Kemi abandoned the field, now voters have abandoned her appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home18 May 2026

Simon Fawthrop: How did the polls get it so wrong in Bromley and Bexley?

In his rural Bromley home in Downe, Nigel Farage is represented by a Conservative Councillor, just as he has been for the last 62 years. The post Simon Fawthrop: How did the polls get it so wrong in Bromley and Bexley? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home11 May 2026

Daniel Pitt: We should all want tax cuts – but want them for the right, Conservative, reasons

Lowering taxes can be a win-win-win situation. It increases individual liberty, it benefits society as a whole and also can raise tax revenue. We can point to both theory and practice to back this statement up. The post Daniel Pitt: We should all want tax cuts – but want them for the right, Conservative, reasons appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home8 May 2026

Local elections live blog: Early results show Labour losses even higher than expected

Reform UK and the Lib Dems are also making big gains from the Conservatives. The post Local elections live blog: Early results show Labour losses even higher than expected appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home7 May 2026

Deborah Taylor: There are signs of Reform UK’s declining momentum Leicestershire

A portion of voters who backed Reform in 2025 as an insurgent alternative are now more hesitant, even if they are not uniformly returning to the Conservatives. The post Deborah Taylor: There are signs of Reform UK’s declining momentum Leicestershire appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home5 May 2026

Rick Moore: Spite dressed up as policy – why Reform’s detention centre plan is is wrong on so many levels

Reform UK has unveiled a proposal that it calls democratic consent. What it actually amounts to is collective punishment by postcode — and every serious Conservative should say so, even if as I do they support getting rid of illegal migrants quickly. The post Rick Moore: Spite dressed up as policy – why Reform’s detention centre plan is is wrong on so many levels appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home5 May 2026

Peter Franklin: How can we escape the suffocating similarity between the Conservative Party and Reform UK?

Fortune favours the brave. My hope is that the party that reaches out beyond its comfort zone — and the sterile zero-sum game with its Right-of-centre rival — will be rewarded for it. The post Peter Franklin: How can we escape the suffocating similarity between the Conservative Party and Reform UK? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home5 May 2026

Lord Ashcroft: My latest polling – Local elections, worst things Labour have done, energy bills, the right to strike, and is Farage like Trump?

On the local elections a clear majority thought a bad night for Labour would be a reflection on the Labour government generally or Keir Starmer in particular. A majority of 2024 Labour voters also said it would be down to Starmer or Labour in general, and were evenly divided between the two. The post Lord Ashcroft: My latest polling – Local elections, worst things Labour have done, energy bills, the right to strike, and is Farage like Trump? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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