On the anniversary of the EU referendum, the party leadership needs an audit of what went wrong this month, and a plan for the Tory future in this Parliament.
As time passes, a decreasing slice of the electorate has any experience at all of old-fashioned socialism. And the argument that it doesn’t work cuts little ice.
Lord Ashcroft’s research suggests where the party performed poorly or badly on June 8: among women, younger voters and Remain supporters.
There is little evidence in May’s key speeches to date that her interest and imagination are gripped by the consequences of breakup and poor parenting.
It aims to develop the state’s strategic role without lapsing into picking winners. Can this be done?
Just how radical will Javid prove to be?
The way British politics and planning mix tends to push infrastructure decisions into the long grass.
The Prime Minister and Hammond must choose between risks.
The processs in the safer seats is becoming like speed dating for a marriage that may last 20 years or more.
We have lessons to learn from our sister parties in Europe.
That’s to say, everything except election-fighting: increasing membership. Candidate selection. Targeting development seats. Growing support among ethnic minority voters.
First things first: Party members need more of a say on how money raised is spent.
There must be more long-term focus if the Party is to win the 40 per cent or so of the vote in 2020 that it should be aiming for.
Support Groups. Policy Development. Backbench Committees. Lord Feldman’s Review. Campaigning. There’s plenty for them to do.
We need devolution for England’s counties as well as its cities – and that can’t simply be imposed from the centre.