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Conservative Home17 Apr 2026

Chico Khan-Gandapur: What’s in a name? For a bit of fun I decided to explore the magic of hidden meanings

This light-hearted review looks ahead to the May 7 elections, exploring the hidden meanings in the names of Britain’s main political parties and their leaders, with uncannily prescient outcomes. The post Chico Khan-Gandapur: What’s in a name? For a bit of fun I decided to explore the magic of hidden meanings   appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home17 Apr 2026

Starmer’s credibility is now on the line with Mandelson

He once demanded resignations for misleading Parliament. Now he faces the same accusation. With each revelation, the focus shifts away from Mandelson's appointment — and towards the Prime Minister himself. The post Starmer’s credibility is now on the line with Mandelson appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home16 Apr 2026

National Service spooks the young and its revival is often ridiculed but right now is it worth another look?

If senior military men can suggest, without ridicule, that paying benefits to teenagers out of work might be better spent on paying them to train in the military, it is a mark of just where we are in the most volatile geopolitical circumstances most of us have known. The post National Service spooks the young and its revival is often ridiculed but right now is it worth another look? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home15 Apr 2026

Local election campaigns have never been less about local issues

More important that how many councils the Conservative win next month is being able to demonstrate that where we are in power, we actually make a difference. The post Local election campaigns have never been less about local issues appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home15 Apr 2026

Andy Street: Growth will not come from noise, slogans or placing burdens on businesses

The route back to government is not through more noise, more grievance or a narrower politics. It is through growth, competence and a proper understanding of what makes an economy work. The post Andy Street: Growth will not come from noise, slogans or placing burdens on businesses appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home14 Apr 2026

When the warnings about the ‘triple lock’ come from all sides – is it wise to ignore them?

Westminster has an open secret. Almost everybody knows that the triple-lock is ultimately economically unsustainable. And yet no party on the right wants to touch it for fear of electoral suicide. That doesn't make it any more sustainable. The post When the warnings about the ‘triple lock’ come from all sides – is it wise to ignore them? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home14 Apr 2026

David Willetts: Space is not just the future of ‘discovery science’, but a current geopolitical reality

Space is exciting science. It is bold human exploration. But it is also a crucial environment for complex geo-political rivalries too. Artemis II was a model of international collaboration very different from the MAGA rhetoric. Even America now is not trying to do it all on its own. The post David Willetts: Space is not just the future of ‘discovery science’, but a current geopolitical reality appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home14 Apr 2026

Seb James: How to fight the Green Party – and win

A critical mistake in political campaigning is to dismiss or belittle. That approach closes doors—literally and figuratively. The post Seb James: How to fight the Green Party – and win appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home13 Apr 2026

Watch: Kemi Badenoch’s speech to the London Defence Conference

The world is moving too fast to wait until the next election. Britain has the strengths that matter: outstanding servicemen and women, brilliant intelligence, world-class universities, a powerful defence sector, leading-edge technology, and the freedom to act, if we choose to use it. The post Watch: Kemi Badenoch’s speech to the London Defence Conference appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home10 Apr 2026

Council by-election result from yesterday and forthcoming contests

The Green Party gained a seat from Reform UK in Kent. The post Council by-election result from yesterday and forthcoming contests appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home10 Apr 2026

Anna Ridgway: We need to start thinking differently about the state pension

Let us at least be honest about what the triple lock has become: not a narrow guarantee against poverty, but a very large and politically protected transfer to the most electorally powerful age bloc in the country. The post Anna Ridgway: We need to start thinking differently about the state pension appeared first on Conservative Home.

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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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