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Conservative Home10 Apr 2026

Daniel Pitt: Back in the day a flowering of Conservatism came from a bloom of primroses

Today we shoul keep the cost of party membership down, provide social events for members to enable like-minded Tories to meet, and we must provide platforms for serious but enjoyable political participation. Indeed, we can learn all this and more from the Primrose League. The post Daniel Pitt: Back in the day a flowering of Conservatism came from a bloom of primroses appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home10 Apr 2026

I don’t hate Starmer but he’s an empty box, not the full package

I've tried to give a totally honest, and fair appraisal as to why a centrist Labour friend and myself have the same view as one publicly shared by the leader of Reform, that Keir Starmer is simply not up to the job. We don't hate him, we just think there's nothing there. The post I don’t hate Starmer but he’s an empty box, not the full package appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home10 Apr 2026

Anne-Marie Trevelyan: On the issue of defence spending and deterring any aggressor Trump is actually right

Do we look like if attacked, we would fight back and win? The bully only ever picks on the weak looking kid in the playground. Now is the time to listen to the US President. The post Anne-Marie Trevelyan: On the issue of defence spending and deterring any aggressor Trump is actually right appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home10 Apr 2026

Lord Ashcroft: My latest polling – The crucial “Centrists” who reject both Reform and the Greens

A general election is still years away but if the landscape then resembles the current state of play, one key question will be which putative governing coalition is least chaotic – and this Centrist group of voters may hold the answer. The post Lord Ashcroft: My latest polling – The crucial “Centrists” who reject both Reform and the Greens appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home10 Apr 2026

Helen Harrison: Reform-led North Northants Council has raised every charge they can

Fees and Charges rates for this coming year will go up too. Not only that, but they now want to introduce new car parking charges and increase rates where they exist already. The post Helen Harrison: Reform-led North Northants Council has raised every charge they can appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home9 Apr 2026

Jonathan Guttentag: The fate of the Iranian regime will matter in Britain too

The consequences of Iran’s success or failure will not be confined to the Middle East. They will be felt in Britain too — in our confidence, our cohesion, and our sense of whether the West still believes in itself. The post Jonathan Guttentag: The fate of the Iranian regime will matter in Britain too appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home9 Apr 2026

Kemi Badenoch’s first TV Party Political Broadcast of the local elections

The video sets out her plan to back British energy and cut bills, paid for by getting Britain drilling in the North Sea. The post Kemi Badenoch’s first TV Party Political Broadcast of the local elections appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home9 Apr 2026

Freddie Attenborough: The serious financial risk of telling your University they got it all wrong

Brodie Mitchell is taking Royal Holloway university to the High Court after being suspended and placed under restrictions following a campus confrontation where he compared a pro-Palestinian student’s keffiyeh to a “tea towel”. At risk? A quarter of a million pounds. The post Freddie Attenborough: The serious financial risk of telling your University they got it all wrong appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home9 Apr 2026

Callum Price: Is it time we took the taxpayer out of the financing of students altogether?

Universities are not paid to train or educate; they are paid to recruit. They get their fee when they accept a student, regardless of how they do or whether they go on to get a job. What if we took the taxpayer out of it entirely and make universities loan directly to their students. The post Callum Price: Is it time we took the taxpayer out of the financing of students altogether? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home9 Apr 2026

Starmer has no idea how to deploy or rebuild the Royal Navy, or to deal with Trump

The test for Starmer is whether his government resolve that the humiliation of not having a single deployable Navy ship is not repeated. We must start spending on defence. By starting a war for which we were pitifully unprepared, Trump has at least taught us that lesson. The post Starmer has no idea how to deploy or rebuild the Royal Navy, or to deal with Trump appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home9 Apr 2026

John Oxley: The war with Iran might, potentially, be over but for Labour the problems have just begun

Starmer's government was already struggling to articulate a coherent economic vision before the crisis; the renewed inflationary pressure now arrives like a second wave before the first has receded. Higher prices strained public finances, renewed pressure on wage settlements. The post John Oxley: The war with Iran might, potentially, be over but for Labour the problems have just begun appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home9 Apr 2026

Chris Perry: The considerable costs of a ‘cost of living crisis’ are only met by a measure of fairness

One cannot resolve whole-systems problems with component level solutions. Perhaps Government could do an income inequality and poverty audit on all it does to ensure it is reducing and not increasing them. The post Chris Perry: The considerable costs of a ‘cost of living crisis’ are only met by a measure of fairness appeared first on Conservative Home.

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