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Conservative Home6 Mar 2026

Lord Ashcroft: The hope within the crisis – my reflections from Beirut

The question of Hezbollah’s future looms large. Many Lebanese now see it less as a protector and more as a liability. Those I spoke to genuinely believe that competitive elections could diminish Hezbollah’s parliamentary influence. The post Lord Ashcroft: The hope within the crisis – my reflections from Beirut appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home6 Mar 2026

Our Survey: Members rally behind Badenoch – but remain split on Reform pact

Support for the Tory leader climbs in our latest ConHome survey, with more than 80 per cent now wanting her to lead the party into the next election – despite divisions over a Reform UK pact. The post Our Survey: Members rally behind Badenoch – but remain split on Reform pact appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home6 Mar 2026

Sarah Ingham: Is the Iran campaign of 2026, Kosovo 1999 v2.0?

Contrary to PM Starmer’s assertion at Wednesday’s PMQs, Kosovo highlighted that major political change can be brought about from the skies. If, as is said, war is too important to be left to the generals, it should never be left to the lawyers. The post Sarah Ingham: Is the Iran campaign of 2026, Kosovo 1999 v2.0? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home6 Mar 2026

Julie Redmond: Drug addicts sleeping rough on our streets should not be accepted as normal

I am proposing a Westminster Street Recovery & Public Safety Plan centred on the creation of a 50-bed Recovery and Stabilisation Centre, a true Centre of Excellence for mental health stabilisation, drug recovery, and structured street transition. The post Julie Redmond: Drug addicts sleeping rough on our streets should not be accepted as normal appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home5 Mar 2026

Shadow Cabinet League Table: Badenoch may not be popular with Starmer but she’s dominant with Conservatives

The Conservative leader is literally leading from the front, with one of her highest results in our league table. But the 'Badenoch bounce' remains about her, and getting any translation into a rise for the party is still gruelling ongoing work The post Shadow Cabinet League Table: Badenoch may not be popular with Starmer but she’s dominant with Conservatives appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home5 Mar 2026

Bob Seely: Starmer’s standing by his principles and defending them, but he’s confused and not defending us

Starmer has become trapped in a confused world of his own making. He’s accepted an interpretation of international law which aids dictators over democracies. He’s alienating our closest ally whilst trying to appease Labour's electoral base as well as its MPs. The post Bob Seely: Starmer’s standing by his principles and defending them, but he’s confused and not defending us appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home5 Mar 2026

Tony Devenish: How can councils appeal to Gen Z?

Councils have, with one or two exceptions, an appalling record on building new homes. Labour-run Westminster City Council all but eliminated intermediate housing for young professionals so that they could build more homes for those trapped on welfare. The post Tony Devenish: How can councils appeal to Gen Z? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home4 Mar 2026

Mark Yale: From Disraeli to to the present there is an important legacy of ‘One Nation’ thinking

We want to bring One Nation Conservative ideas outside of Westminster and show how they can benefit voters at a local level. The post Mark Yale: From Disraeli to to the present there is an important legacy of ‘One Nation’ thinking appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home3 Mar 2026

Matthew Jeffery: Margaret Thatcher would never have joined Reform UK

Thatcherism was never the politics of protest. It was the politics of government, grounded in ideas strong enough not only to win power, but to sustain it once won. The post Matthew Jeffery: Margaret Thatcher would never have joined Reform UK appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home3 Mar 2026

Will MPs finally tackle the terrible tax trap?

As their pay rises above £100,000, MPs will feel the full absurdity of Britain’s hidden 60 per cent marginal rate. They may finally rediscover the case for growth. The post Will MPs finally tackle the terrible tax trap? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home2 Mar 2026

Tommy Birch: The architecture of human nature and how you solve the NIMBY problem

Treating NIMBYism as a planning technicality is no longer tenable. It is a lived political crisis that is shaping the political allegiance of a generation. The post Tommy Birch: The architecture of human nature and how you solve the NIMBY problem appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home2 Mar 2026

Kemi Badenoch: “Targeting voters on the basis of their ethnicity or religion is neither healthy or British”

The Conservative leader gave a speech at the think tank, Policy Exchange reflecting on campaign tactics deployed in the recent Gorton and Denton by-election and why future campaigns that emulate that will damage democracy, our society and Britain as a country The post Kemi Badenoch: “Targeting voters on the basis of their ethnicity or religion is neither healthy or British” appeared first on Conservative Home.

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