Delayed discharge is not unsolvable. It’s the product of misplaced priorities and a lack of political will. Scotland’s patients deserve better than broken promises. Our Fast Track to Care proposal will free up desperately needed hospital capacity, quickly and safely.
A competitive, charismatic challenge is now on the table – the question is whether the Tories will rise to it, or once again squander the opportunity.
If the concern is that some hunts do not lay trails continuously, then the answer is to tighten the regulatory framework, not to abolish the activity.
Britain has cultivated a good attitude towards AI growth, but talk is cheap – this era-defining industry will not stop for the National Grid or HMRC.
If dissatisfaction is caused by poor policy, the answer is better policy. We need to be honest with people about the scale and nature of the problems facing the country and the sacrifices required to solve them.
This is not about opposing China for its own sake. It is about recognising that decisions of this scale and sensitivity are irreversible once taken. Embassy approvals create permanent diplomatic facts on the ground that cannot be unwound if judgments prove mistaken.
The erosion of Christianity has not produced a calmer or more coherent society; it has coincided with rising loneliness, family breakdown, declining trust and a loss of shared purpose.
Pubs are not a lifestyle choice for the middle classes but the backbone of local economies and community life.
We should remind ourselves that Reform’s policies are all dictated down from the top – there is no democratic process. None of this suggests illegality but it certainly demonstrates the conflict of interest Reform faces.
Extracting critical minerals from Greenland, sustainably, would be beneficial for all NATO members, and help reduce an over-reliance on supplies from more geo-politically complex parts of the world.
This isn’t about imperial nostalgia or exporting British values at gunpoint. It’s about recognising that sometimes democracy requires external support to take root.
International law is not worthless in principle, but the advocates of international law routinely exaggerate its strength. It endures only so long as it suits those strong enough to ignore it. This episode of reality may well have changed their attitudes.
The challenge is not that Britain’s young people are unwilling to work, but that too many have been allowed to believe they cannot.
Labour’s flirtation with banning X is the wrong diagnosis and the wrong remedy. It’s an admission of administrative defeat that the British state cannot enforce its own safety regime, so it must outlaw the venue. That is not Conservative.
If we are serious about restoring rigour, the Conservatives should push for a system where the vast majority of assessments are conducted through pen‑and‑paper exams.