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Conservative Home29 May 2026

You shuffle if you want to, but the ‘lady’ isn’t dealing right now

Right now, who is going to bet that any of the current Cabinet will be in their current role by the end of this year. Whatever happens in the Labour civil war, the Opposition shouldn't interfere, and simply adapt to what emerges at the end of it all.  The post You shuffle if you want to, but the ‘lady’ isn’t dealing right now appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home29 May 2026

Sarah Ingham: The National Conversation on defence must answer some awkward questions

A national conversation implies the nation supports defence. What nation? The SNP opposes nuclear submarines at Faslane, Sinn Fein is against the £50 million Defence Growth Deal in Northern Ireland and Plaid Cymru backs rural resiliance [sic] but ducks defence.  The post Sarah Ingham: The National Conversation on defence must answer some awkward questions appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home29 May 2026

Phil King: Harborough’s warning to Westminster

You cannot concrete over productive farmland in one location while removing farmland from production elsewhere, all while arguing that viability is marginal and infrastructure funding uncertain. The post Phil King: Harborough’s warning to Westminster appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home28 May 2026

Fredrik Ostlund: Four reasons why Sweden’s reckoning is Britain’s warning

Conservatives in the UK and Sweden can learn from each other. We are united by a common belief in individual freedom, order and responsibility, and the beneficial power of free markets. As so often it falls to us to clear up the mess left by flawed leftwing doctrine. The post Fredrik Ostlund: Four reasons why Sweden’s reckoning is Britain’s warning appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home27 May 2026

Rafe Fletcher: Civic nationalism needs civic pragmatism

Britain cannot survive on so-called muscular values if external factors are constantly in flux. Like Singapore, Britain needs a vision of what it looks like to decide what it stands for. The post Rafe Fletcher: Civic nationalism needs civic pragmatism appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home27 May 2026

Bob Seely: Net Zero is economic suicide – and it is now endangering our national security

What began life as, at best, a noble objective and at worst, a piece of virtue signalling with little thought as to the eventual cost, has not only become a destroyer of jobs and industry, but it's now also directly impacting on our foreign and defence policy The post Bob Seely: Net Zero is economic suicide – and it is now endangering our national security appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home21 May 2026

Charles Amos: In defence of the driving test touts

This change to driving tests will not help the genuinely needy, its ambition to fairness is irrelevant, and, the exploitation mentioned is overstated at best to non-existent. Ultimately, price caps don’t work – and a driving test price cap is no different.  The post Charles Amos: In defence of the driving test touts appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home21 May 2026

Alex de Silva: London Conservatives were rewarded by voters for good financial management

A contrast between the record of Labour-run Westminster and Conservative-run Kensington and Chelsea is instructive. The post Alex de Silva: London Conservatives were rewarded by voters for good financial management appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home20 May 2026

Julian Smith: Assisted Dying is far too serious for a Private Member’s Bill

If the Government wishes to legislate on assisted dying, it should stand on a manifesto commitment, seek a public mandate, and bring forward primary legislation with the scrutiny such a change demands. The post Julian Smith: Assisted Dying is far too serious for a Private Member’s Bill appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home19 May 2026

Brandon To: Good is punished, bad is rewarded – Britain’s soft-on-crime manifesto

The real crisis is that Britain has slowly created a culture in which rules exist, but enforcement often does not. The post Brandon To: Good is punished, bad is rewarded – Britain’s soft-on-crime manifesto appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home15 May 2026

Helen Whately: Starmer’s failure is a stark warning to all politicians who think they can wing it and promise the moon

The country is fed up. Fed up with politicians promising but not delivering. Fed up with seeing their taxes spent on things they don’t want – from far flung aid projects to hand-outs to migrants. Fed up with working all hours and having nothing left at the end of the month. The post Helen Whately: Starmer’s failure is a stark warning to all politicians who think they can wing it and promise the moon appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home15 May 2026

Jessaline Caine: Kemi was right to clobber the Tory source of some Worcestershire woes

If the Conservative Party becomes an anti-Reform cartel, it will not defeat Reform. It will vindicate it. Worcestershire should be treated as a warning, not a model. And on that, Kemi was right to draw the line The post Jessaline Caine: Kemi was right to clobber the Tory source of some Worcestershire woes appeared first on Conservative Home.

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