Nor does the PM show any sign of knowing how to keep his followers’ spirits up during the conquest of inflation.
Her memoir brings out the vitality and good intentions as well as the ludicrousness of the English radical tradition.
The conference showed a large number of people, many of them young, wondering what part a rehabilitated, reinvigorated, Christian conservatism inspired by Burke and Disraeli might have to play.
The odd thing about this author and his Guardian friends is that they cannot understand movement. Though they think of themselves as progressive, they are in many ways deeply reactionary.
The may do so by concentrating on “the unsexy stuff that people care about”, which include dog mess, potholes and parking.
Labour MPs watched Starmer with the anxious air of primary school parents whose child has been miscast in the nativity play.
George Smith, the local Conservative leader, expects to beat Residents for Uttlesford, but faces acutely difficult decisions about how many houses to build.
Many former Labour supporters may decide on 4th May that the Conservatives, led now by a Hindu PM, are a better bet.
He describes the authoritarian and grossly under-reported way in which our future MPs, and ministers, are being chosen.
Join ConservativeHome for a drinks reception at the Conservative Party Spring Forum in Birmingham on Friday 24th March.
A day out with the new Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party, former miner, Labour councillor and admirer of Benn, Scargill and Skinner.
“When I became Prime Minister last year, I pledged that the Government I lead would have integrity, professionalism and accountability at every level.”
There’s a perverse tendency for doomed governments to play it safe. This approach didn’t save Stanley Baldwin or John Major, and won’t work now.
Should conservative parties pursue liberal-minded centrist support or compete against far-Right populists for working-class voters?
Sitting back and playing safe didn’t save John Major, and it certainly won’t deliver a majority for Rishi Sunak.