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Conservative Home14 May 2026

Badenoch’s challenge to Labour: do you actually want to govern?

As rumours swirl around Wes Streeting, the Government’s legislative agenda looks thinner than ever. The Tory leader offered something Westminster has seen little of lately: an argument about governing. The post Badenoch’s challenge to Labour: do you actually want to govern? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home14 May 2026

Bob Seely: Ukraine is slowly winning, and changing the rules of war – we need to be learning the lessons

Soldiers are beginning to take a back seat and instead control the robots and the systems that do the fighting. In the Ukraine war, we are witnessing the rise of the machines – and machine learning. Ground warfare will not be the same. The post Bob Seely: Ukraine is slowly winning, and changing the rules of war – we need to be learning the lessons appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home14 May 2026

Tori Peck: Young women have a right to be angry- but we can’t let them be hypnotised by the Greens

Whether you like it or not, politics has changed. It is incumbent on us to find, and fight for our place in the new politics. We may know that Zack Polanksi is a clown, and a dangerous one at that. But he’s the one laughing right now. The post Tori Peck: Young women have a right to be angry- but we can’t let them be hypnotised by the Greens  appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home14 May 2026

James Esses: In Barnet, the Conservatives are thriving

We increased the number of councillors on Barnet Council by nine to 31, swinging Barnet Council to No Overall Control after just one Labour term. The post James Esses: In Barnet, the Conservatives are thriving appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home13 May 2026

Lord Ashcroft: ‘We’re not Victims – We’re Fighters’ – my interview with Ukrainian Nobel prize winner Oleksandra Matviichuk

In Matviichuk, Ukraine has found not only a witness to its suffering, but a voice articulating the stakes of a much larger struggle. For this is not merely a war over territory. It is, as she sees it, a defining contest between law and power, between dignity and domination. The post Lord Ashcroft: ‘We’re not Victims – We’re Fighters’ – my interview with Ukrainian Nobel prize winner Oleksandra Matviichuk appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home13 May 2026

Richard Kelly: The Tory campaign in Wales would have been more effective had it focused on ‘addysg, addysg, addysg’

Tony Blair made ‘education, education, education’ the centrepiece of New Labour’s message and was duly rewarded. Thirty years later, the Welsh Tories missed a signal opportunity to do the same - and Welsh youngsters may suffer as a result. The post Richard Kelly: The Tory campaign in Wales would have been more effective had it focused on ‘addysg, addysg, addysg’ appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home13 May 2026

Luke Markham: The bad Samaritan – Islam makes the existence of the West an eternal casus belli

Any suggestion of peace therefore between Iran and the West ought to be viewed with great scepticism: pious men do not make deals with the Devil. The post Luke Markham: The bad Samaritan – Islam makes the existence of the West an eternal casus belli appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home13 May 2026

For the ‘King of the North’, Prince Wes and poor Sir Keir, the seeds of this jostling for power were sown long long ago

Today is not the end, perhaps the beginning of the end, but the endgame was laid down years ago, and depressingly still has some way to run. The post For the ‘King of the North’, Prince Wes and poor Sir Keir, the seeds of this jostling for power were sown long long ago appeared first on Conservative Home.

Conservative Home13 May 2026

Katie Lam: Political sectarianism is growing in Britain – it should worry us all

Successive governments have made decisions on immigration and around assimilation which have created conditions in which some groups haven’t adopted the norms, behaviours, and customs of mainstream British society. Sectarianism is the political manifestation of that and, if we want to address it, we must address these underlying causes. The post Katie Lam: Political sectarianism is growing in Britain – it should worry us all appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home13 May 2026

Daniel Dieppe: Time to end political soundbites – slogans don’t solve problems

Politicians have exploited the soundbite long before Twitter came along nonetheless our politics has been dangerously infantilised. Significant debate is no longer ideas or facts but increasingly vibes and entertainment. The post Daniel Dieppe: Time to end political soundbites – slogans don’t solve problems appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home13 May 2026

Craig Smith: The environment, the economy and how both play into common sense Conservatism

You cannot protect the environment by undermining the economy. If businesses are overburdened, if energy costs spiral out of control, and if families are priced out of everyday essentials, then public support for environmental action quickly erodes. The post Craig Smith: The environment, the economy and how both play into common sense Conservatism appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home12 May 2026

Lord Ashcroft: “This war will not end with a deal” – Ukraine’s former chief diplomat Dmytro Kuleba

Lord Ashcroft sits down with one of Ukraine’s most prominent voices – its former foreign minister and now a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center, Dmytro Kuleba – to discuss the trajectory of the war, the limits of diplomacy, and what lies ahead.  The post Lord Ashcroft: “This war will not end with a deal” – Ukraine’s former chief diplomat Dmytro Kuleba appeared first on Conservative Home.

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