Securing the Majority? 5) Building on the successful election campaign at CCHQ

Unfortunately it looks as if the Party has returned to the ‘feast and famine’ approach to staffing, which prevents the long-term development of expertise.

Securing the Majority? 4) Getting more Conservatives appointed to public bodies

After the election, we suggested five ways of securing the Party’s electoral position. Eight months on, how is the Government doing?

Securing the Majority? 3) A Department for the Union

After the election, we suggested five ways of securing the Party’s electoral position. Eight months on, how is the Government doing?

Securing the Majority? 2) Tackling electoral fraud

After the election, we suggested five ways of securing the Party’s electoral position. Eight months on, how is the Government doing?

Securing the Majority? 1) Equalising boundaries

After the election, we suggested five ways of securing the Party’s electoral position. Eight months on, how is the Government doing?

The Politics of And. Growing the Majority. 5) Childcare

There are a mass of these voters in the Red Wall seats that collapsed last week, but no party has yet made a convincing policy offer to them.

The Politics of And. Securing the Majority. 5) Building on this successful campaign at CCHQ

There will be a mass of new Conservative MPs who have no or little presence on the ground to support them.

The Politics of And. Growing the Majority. 4) Greater Manchester

The political difference from Liverpool, and thus the political and civic one, is startling once one begins to probe majorities.

The Politics of And. Securing the Majority. 4) Getting more Conservatives appointed to public bodies

In government under Cameron, Francis Maude and his SpAds helped to make a difference. Time to call in Baroness Finn to hold a review.

The Politics of And. Growing the Majority 3) Further education and higher education

There are three main issues for us. The HE/FE balance, making all students welcome on campus and the Conservatives’ own internal housekeeping.

The Politics of And. Securing the Majority. 3) Wanted: a Department for the Union

Leaving the EU will see new opportunities and challenges for the United Kingdom as a whole – and the Party needs to fight back in Scotland.

The Politics of And. Growing the Majority 2) Brexit Party voters

Winning more support means looking to the Party’s right as well as its left – to use crude but efficient terms.

The Politics of And. Securing the Majority. 2) Tackling electoral fraud

It is harder to take out a library book or collect a parcel at a post office than it is to vote in someone else’s name.

The Politics of And. Growing the Majority. 1) Muslims

Johnson will be able to call on the advice and views of the Party’s own Muslim MPs, who now include Saqib Bhatti and Imran Ahmad-Khan.

The Politics of And. Securing the Majority. 1) Equalising boundaries

There is a separate-but-related debate on whether the number of seats should also be reduced.