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Conservative Home19 Jun 2026

Michael Taylor: How we bucked the trend in Trafford

These weren't lucky results. They weren't a fluke. They certainly weren't achieved by sitting at home waiting for the election campaign to start. The post Michael Taylor: How we bucked the trend in Trafford appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home18 Jun 2026

Danna Brown: Why Britain must not follow in Finland’s footsteps and match their terrible childcare policy

Children in their early years do not need a curriculum. They need caring relationships, stability, and time with their parents and caregivers. The post Danna Brown: Why Britain must not follow in Finland’s footsteps and match their terrible childcare policy appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home18 Jun 2026

James Fisk: The clock is ticking for Tories to properly embrace TikTok or kiss advantage goodbye

We are and have been the most successful political party in the world because of our ability to adapt. TikTok is where voters are. This is not going to change, and as Tiktok continues to grow the case against talking to voters where they are active, and engaged becomes indefensible. The post James Fisk: The clock is ticking for Tories to properly embrace TikTok or kiss advantage goodbye appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home18 Jun 2026

Emma Revell: The tribunal system has morphed from escape valve for the courts into a grievance machine

The entire system has become swollen, costly and damaging to growth and contains a fundamental mismatch of incentives. Indeed, even the judges themselves haven’t held back from expressing their frustration with the system. The post Emma Revell: The tribunal system has morphed from escape valve for the courts into a grievance machine appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home18 Jun 2026

Will Makerfield force the Right to unite?

The pact question will not go away, but it is also not yet the right question to be asking. The right question, for now, is whether conservatism can make itself compelling enough that the answer becomes irrelevant. The post Will Makerfield force the Right to unite? appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home18 Jun 2026

John Oxley: ‘Hear that internet curfew bell toll? It tolls for thee, kid, even if we think you can vote’

If 16 and 17-year-olds are deserving of the franchise and capable of choosing, the state should start from that assumption. In that world, internet curfews for almost adults make little sense. But if being online in the evening imperils them, then keep harmonising things around age 18. The post John Oxley: ‘Hear that internet curfew bell toll? It tolls for thee, kid, even if we think you can vote’ appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home18 Jun 2026

Rhys Hurley: Britain is pricing smokers into the black market

Excessive regulations and taxes have only pushed more people into the black market and increased the money going into crime instead of to the Treasury. The post Rhys Hurley: Britain is pricing smokers into the black market appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home18 Jun 2026

Aaron Jacob: How we beat the Lib Dems

Where we work harder than they do, knock on more doors than they do, and cover more ground than they do, we can win. The post Aaron Jacob: How we beat the Lib Dems appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home17 Jun 2026

Oliver Rose: Labour has a performative male problem

If representation truly matters, then Labour's inability, or unwillingness, to elect a woman leader is one of the most remarkable and least discussed facts in modern British politics, and it is only those in the Labour Party who can change this The post Oliver Rose: Labour has a performative male problem appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home17 Jun 2026

Lewis Ormston: Labour have choked on AI. It could give the Tories a chance

Britain should be the place where AI companies want to start, scale, and list. Right now, we’re falling at the final hurdle. The post Lewis Ormston: Labour have choked on AI. It could give the Tories a chance appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home17 Jun 2026

Annunziata Rees-Mogg: Reapealing the Public Sector Equality Duty is about delivering a genuinely level playing field not quotas

Conservatives have no wish to return Britain to some imaginary era of unchecked prejudice. Rather, the aim is to restore the soundest parts of our liberal tradition: liberty for the individual, equality before the law, equality of opportunity, not outcomes, and the right to hold unfashionable opinions The post Annunziata Rees-Mogg: Reapealing the Public Sector Equality Duty is about delivering a genuinely level playing field not quotas appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home17 Jun 2026

Politics needs a serious shift to look after the ‘young ones’ and so far it’s all looked old and tired

We need an offer to the younger generation. Not just us, the country needs an offer to the younger generation. Given how much we will rely on them, whilst curbing their opportunities and piling on the debt. The post Politics needs a serious shift to look after the ‘young ones’ and so far it’s all looked old and tired appeared first on Conservative Home.

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