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Conservative Home26 Jun 2026

Kamran Balayev: Why Conservatives should take AI seriously

Advantages unused do not remain advantages for long. The question is not whether Britain can “win” the AI race outright. It cannot. The more relevant question is whether it intends to shape the environment in which that race unfolds. The post Kamran Balayev: Why Conservatives should take AI seriously appeared first on Conservative Home.

Environment
Conservative Home26 Jun 2026

Be very, very scared of a snap election

And so yes, an early general election should worry us, but it should also motivate us to get our house in order and ready ourselves to do battle. To don our armour, and prepare accordingly. I have no doubts that preparations are underway, and that some type of doomsday plan exists if Burnham decides to go to the country.  The post Be very, very scared of a snap election appeared first on Conservative Home.

Politics
Conservative Home26 Jun 2026

Sarah Ingham: Leaving the ECHR can’t happen soon enough

Why should the silent majority put up with individuals inflicting their loud opinions on us at important moments in our history? It's time we got out of the ECHR so we can silence these fanatics. The post Sarah Ingham: Leaving the ECHR can’t happen soon enough appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home26 Jun 2026

Ahmed Imtiaz: MAGA has it’s limits, and it weakens the Right outside the US

British conservatism has its own intellectual tradition, one rooted in national interest, institutional stability, and ordered liberty, and it neither needs nor benefits from an American franchise. The post Ahmed Imtiaz: MAGA has it’s limits, and it weakens the Right outside the US appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home26 Jun 2026

Shaun Bailey: Behind the statistics of Khan’s failure to deliver new homes are Londoners struggling to cope with the shortage

Every statistic in London’s housing crisis represents a real person. A real family. A real struggle. Behind every failed target is a child without a permanent bedroom, a worker priced out of their community, or a parent wondering how they will make the rent next month. The post Shaun Bailey: Behind the statistics of Khan’s failure to deliver new homes are Londoners struggling to cope with the shortage appeared first on Conservative Home.

Housing
Conservative Home25 Jun 2026

Sean Houlston: The cost of red tape is measured in jobs

If we are serious about raising living standards, increasing productivity and creating opportunities, then we must recognise a simple truth: businesses create jobs when they are confident about the future, and confidence rarely flourishes beneath an ever-growing mountain of red tape. The post Sean Houlston: The cost of red tape is measured in jobs appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home25 Jun 2026

Lee Rotherham: The Government’s weakness on defence is only rivalled by the weakness of their defence

The current defence budget is £62.2bn. Our figure, £70.3bn, is merely the estimate for being able to stay in the next big fight for more than a week – and, more immediately, for looking like a sufficiently serious threat for a peer or near-peer power not to chance their hand and start it. The post Lee Rotherham: The Government’s weakness on defence is only rivalled by the weakness of their defence appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home25 Jun 2026

Alex Morton: Changing direction on net zero has given us a win – now it’s more change or bust

The victory is a sign that if the Conservatives have the intellectual strength to move on from the failures of 2010-2024, they can survive and even thrive. The post Alex Morton: Changing direction on net zero has given us a win – now it’s more change or bust appeared first on Conservative Home.

Environment
Conservative Home25 Jun 2026

An outpouring of ‘sticks and stones’ outrage can’t hide Badenoch’s palpable hits

Kemi Badenoch in many ways was doing - not to Starmer, but those that have moved him on - something she’s there to do: tell the truth. And yes, the truth hurts. And when that truth is far tamer than some of the things Labour have said about Conservatives my sympathy-gland shrivels. The post An outpouring of ‘sticks and stones’ outrage can’t hide Badenoch’s palpable hits appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home25 Jun 2026

Bob Seely: Understanding Britain’s strategic heritage can drive our renaissance

Britain First, Yes. Britain Isolated, No. It was the first global nation, even before the age of globalisation. Through language, trade and travel, to say nothing of military and other commitments, we remain a global nation now. The post Bob Seely: Understanding Britain’s strategic heritage can drive our renaissance  appeared first on Conservative Home.

Defence
Conservative Home25 Jun 2026

Andy Preston: At the moment not enough people trust Reform for them to assume the future’s theirs

Leading the polls is one thing. Winning trust is another. That distinction may explain why Reform often looks unstoppable in opinion polls and local elections, but struggles when there’s major power at stake. The post Andy Preston: At the moment not enough people trust Reform for them to assume the future’s theirs appeared first on Conservative Home.

Politics
Conservative Home25 Jun 2026

Tom Mytton: Victory in Wandsworth. A Tooting perspective.

We needed to operate as one collective team in Wandsworth. There was a new-found recognition of the need for Tooting Conservatives to play a key role. Most importantly, we stopped accepting decline as inevitable. The post Tom Mytton: Victory in Wandsworth. A Tooting perspective. appeared first on Conservative Home.