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Conservative Home18 May 2026

Simon Fawthrop: How did the polls get it so wrong in Bromley and Bexley?

In his rural Bromley home in Downe, Nigel Farage is represented by a Conservative Councillor, just as he has been for the last 62 years. The post Simon Fawthrop: How did the polls get it so wrong in Bromley and Bexley? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home17 May 2026

Our top ten picks of the week

ConservativeHome's round-up of ten of our best articles from the preceding week. The post Our top ten picks of the week appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home15 May 2026

Max Anderson: Attenborough’s 100th birthday was a milestone for him but a marker for Conservative environmentalism

Britain is a nation of nature lovers; Attenborough has ensured this has been cemented in the public consciousness. But it is worth remembering and reminding ourselves it is conservatives who have put words into action. The post Max Anderson: Attenborough’s 100th birthday was a milestone for him but a marker for Conservative environmentalism 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

Gavin Barwell: Recent results show why Kemi needs to change her strategy

We know that there are left-wing voters who will tactically vote Conservative if we can prove we are best placed to beat Reform. There is a coalition there for us. The post Gavin Barwell: Recent results show why Kemi needs to change her strategy  appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home15 May 2026

Our Survey: Tories expect Burnham to lead Labour to the next election but would ‘prefer’ Starmer did

For Conservative members Andy Burnham was out in front, ten points ahead of Keir Starmer, as to whom they expected to lead into an election, and that was before the rows of this week, but who'd they'd prefer to lead told a different story. Not one Starmer would enjoy. The post Our Survey: Tories expect Burnham to lead Labour to the next election but would ‘prefer’ Starmer did appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home15 May 2026

Sarah Ingham: How the Greens do like to greenwash – even a Lamborghini

The joke, now far less funny, is that the Greens were always watermelons – eco-kindliness on the outside, Corbynite hard-left socialism within.  The post Sarah Ingham: How the Greens do like to greenwash – even a Lamborghini appeared first on Conservative Home.

Environment
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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Conservative Home15 May 2026

John Moss: How our effective campaigning in Chingford got results

Social media ads were used effectively to build local profiles and the candidates themselves were out three or four times a week. They reported casework to existing councillors who got things done before the incumbents could respond. The post John Moss: How our effective campaigning in Chingford got results appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home14 May 2026

Liz Mair: Britain’s saggy entrepreneurship numbers should worry us all

Statistics do not lie: The UK is well behind the curve on key entrepreneurship metrics. If we want to thrive as a country, boosting business start-ups, business expansions, and creating an environment that makes survival past the five-year mark more tenable must be a national priority. The post Liz Mair: Britain’s saggy entrepreneurship numbers should worry us all appeared first on Conservative Home.

Environment
Conservative Home14 May 2026

Attieh Fard: Britain must finally confront the IRGC threat

One policy which British-Iranians have been advocating for is the freezing of their assets and making them available to the innocent Iranian civilians whom IRGC members have harmed. The government has a moral duty to consider this demand. The post Attieh Fard: Britain must finally confront the IRGC threat appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home14 May 2026

Daniel Lilley: Striking teachers are the tip of the iceberg of the disorder in England’s schools

The soaring number of exclusions in our schools reveals an education system that is in disarray. This highlights broader warning signs of an education system that has failed to get back on track even six years on from successive lockdowns. The post Daniel Lilley: Striking teachers are the tip of the iceberg of the disorder in England’s schools appeared first on Conservative Home.

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