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Conservative Home7 Aug 2026

I opened the doors of political perception on holiday – I’m not sure I liked what I saw

My perceptions from afar leave me feeling we could do with less performative politics and try and actually get detail and delivery – hard I know for any party not in government, but still possible. The overall subliminal message I got for two weeks is 'we are saying stuff that to make you feel better' and I didn't. The post I opened the doors of political perception on holiday – I’m not sure I liked what I saw appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home7 Aug 2026

Phil King: Council candidate selections must have the same integrity requirements as Parliamentary ones

The Crewkerne episode is not an argument for weakening the candidate approval process. It is an argument for making it more intelligent, transparent and accountable. The post Phil King: Council candidate selections must have the same integrity requirements as Parliamentary ones appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home5 Aug 2026

Joshua Bonehill-Paine: Britain is failing its Jews. I know where this hatred leads

The Government, police, universities and political parties must stop treating this as a passing controversy. Those who threaten Jews or attack Jewish institutions must face serious consequences, and the ideologies feeding that hatred must be named honestly. The post Joshua Bonehill-Paine: Britain is failing its Jews. I know where this hatred leads appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home5 Aug 2026

Margaret Eaton: The Lords should not be blamed for the failure of the assisted suicide Bill to become law

Without the scrutinising work of the Lords, seemingly robust legislation - even that which we were assured was the strongest of its kind in the world - comes unravelled. In some cases, the cost is administrative; in this Bill, the cost would be human lives. The post Margaret Eaton: The Lords should not be blamed for the failure of the assisted suicide Bill to become law appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home3 Aug 2026

Daniel Vollborth: By-elections have been weaponised

Thus it appears that by-elections are poised to take on a bigger role in political strategy in years to come. Parties and MPs are well within their rights, as they stand, to force them to happen, though necessarily must run the risk of losing or, potentially worse, end up alone against a bin. The post Daniel Vollborth: By-elections have been weaponised appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home3 Aug 2026

Why does anyone take Restore Britain seriously?

The results in Manchester, and Rupert Lowe’s stunt, will be seized upon by many as proof that the right must unite, and that the Conservatives are dead. Both conclusions are wrong. Bowing to the demands of tacky populists would be the ultimate humiliation, and one by-election result in a Labour heartland should not dictate the Tories’ direction of travel.  The post Why does anyone take Restore Britain seriously? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home31 Jul 2026

Council by-election results from yesterday and forthcoming contests

The Conservatives gained a seat from a residents group in Uttlesford. Reform UK gained a seat from an independent in South Holland. Labour lost a seat to an independent in Bolton. The post Council by-election results from yesterday and forthcoming contests appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home30 Jul 2026

Mark Brolin: Burnham may be a weather vane – but weather vanes can win

Burnham may be a full-on weather vane. But politics is full of weather vanes who win because the wind changes. If he rides a better phase, he will be hard to beat unless the Conservatives sound as if they understand the next phase better than he does. The post Mark Brolin: Burnham may be a weather vane – but weather vanes can win appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home29 Jul 2026

Miriam Cates: Burnham gets some things right about Thatcher

Through blood, sweat and coal, the North of England was once responsible for generating the wealthiest era in British history. Politicians of all political persuasions should be asking what can be done to make the regions great again, not out of pity or nostalgia, but because the UK’s economic success depends on it.  The post Miriam Cates: Burnham gets some things right about Thatcher appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home29 Jul 2026

John Redwood: Nationalisation didn’t work then, and it won’t work now

Everything  Mr Burnham says is geared to polling and to his immediate political task, self defined as seeing off the voting threat from Reform. As Prime Minister he will be judged more by what he does than what he says. The post John Redwood: Nationalisation didn’t work then, and it won’t work now appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home28 Jul 2026

Alex Challoner: Sadiq Khan’s ‘Summer Streets’ policy is too little, too late

Sadiq Khan has left it far too late to try to salvage some sort of political legacy as a ‘fun Mayor’ now. It will take more than a few picnic tables to wipe the memory of a decade of failure in office. The post Alex Challoner: Sadiq Khan’s ‘Summer Streets’ policy is too little, too late appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home28 Jul 2026

Don’t believe the polls – Reform are not imploding

So we should take these polls with a rather significant pinch of salt. The Westminster commentariat will likely obsess over these numbers and seat projections - pushing the idea that Reform is on the way out. But step outside the confines of SW1, and this is not an attitude shared by the public. The post Don’t believe the polls – Reform are not imploding appeared first on Conservative Home.

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