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Conservative Home2 Jun 2026

Peter Franklin: With Macron going – French politics has a terrible warning for British Conservatives

Without an offering that responds to the causes of the populist revolt, Les Républicains have become a niche party for well-to-do retirees. For a movement that started with Charles de Gaulle, it’s a sad story and a dire warning — one to which I hope that our own party pays heed. The post Peter Franklin: With Macron going – French politics has a terrible warning for British Conservatives appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home2 Jun 2026

Lord Ashcroft: Labour leadership contenders, is this government better or worse than the Tories, who do people least want to see in office, and should we rejoin the EU?

Nigel Farage was thought the most likely person to be PM after the next election, with 27 per cent naming him but nearly half of all voters said Reform UK were the party they would least like to see in government after the next election. The post Lord Ashcroft: Labour leadership contenders, is this government better or worse than the Tories, who do people least want to see in office, and should we rejoin the EU? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home1 Jun 2026

Stephen Goss: The ‘Celtic alliance’ is not a mandate to break up Britain

It may produce speeches, joint statements and carefully staged photographs. It may unsettle some in Westminster who only remember devolution when it becomes a problem. It is not a mandate to break up Britain – but a nationalist attempt to utilise protest votes for permission. The post Stephen Goss: The ‘Celtic alliance’ is not a mandate to break up Britain appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home1 Jun 2026

Will Olmi: My odd but fascinating journey from frustrated voter to a candidate for election

Putting my now encyclopaedic knowledge of letterboxes aside, my unsuccessful tilt at councillorship gave me far more than I ever expected. So, would I do it again? Hell yeah! Though next time I’m bringing better shoes, cowhide gloves, and possibly a chiropractor. The post Will Olmi: My odd but fascinating journey from frustrated voter to a candidate for election appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home1 Jun 2026

Andrew Bowie: The SNP are bad enough about spending public money, but Peter Murrell was no better at spending theirs

I’ve spent most of my life in and around the Granite City, Aberdeen, but after 19 years of an SNP Government in Holyrood and just two years of a disastrous Labour Government in Westminster, the once-great city is starting to look a shadow of its former self. The post Andrew Bowie: The SNP are bad enough about spending public money, but Peter Murrell was no better at spending theirs appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home29 May 2026

Council by-election result from yesterday and forthcoming contests

There was only one contest yesterday. The Lib Dems gained a seat from the Conservatives in Swansea. The post Council by-election result from yesterday and forthcoming contests appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home29 May 2026

Peter Fortune: London’s political system is not reflecting the people elected to operate in it

This is not political, the very make-up of the GLA means that these changes would return power to Assembly members of all parties, as well as empowering London boroughs and local councillors to do the job they were elected to do. The post Peter Fortune: London’s political system is not reflecting the people elected to operate in it appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home29 May 2026

James Weston: The Long Read – Did Brexit restore Parliamentary Sovereignty in the United Kingdom?

ultimately, the EU is no longer able to exercise legal power in the UK or constrain Parliament’s decisions. In the constitutional sense, Parliamentary sovereignty and its legal supremacy has been restored, even if in practice it remains shaped by the ongoing political realities facing the UK. The post James Weston: The Long Read – Did Brexit restore Parliamentary Sovereignty in the United Kingdom? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home29 May 2026

Tomas Roberto: We must shut down Hong Kong’s office for intimidation and repression in Britain

Britain has, quite rightly, offered refuge to Hong Kongers fleeing political persecution. It cannot simultaneously allow the apparatus of that persecution to operate, unchecked, within its own borders.  The post Tomas Roberto: We must shut down Hong Kong’s office for intimidation and repression in Britain appeared first on Conservative Home.

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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

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

Jack Rankin: Parliament must let the Assisted Suicide Bill die

Forcing the Bill through is a wholly inappropriate response to reasoned disagreement. It is certainly not the way our democracy ought to be exercised. The post Jack Rankin: Parliament must let the Assisted Suicide Bill die appeared first on Conservative Home.

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