It’s going to take a lot more than a few pennies off National Insurance to save the Conservative Party from what looks set to be a looming election defeat.
Drakeford’s record gives British voters a preview of life under a Starmer government. But while it is our duty to call out Labour’s failures, criticism alone is not enough.
Though any of the 106 members of the One Nation Caucus do worry that declaring Rwanda a safe country in law is a push too far.
The Development Minister put on a therapy class for Opposition MPs which included laughing at the Home Secretary.
The author has the abilities of a sketchwriter, but not of Edmund Burke.
The joint One Nation Caucus and Tory Reform Group conference last weekend, following the recent National Conservative Conference, are pointers to the shape of a possible future.
In the same interview he said “I tend to be rather bad at politics”, which is true if one takes the holding of great offices of state as the yardstick of success.
A small sliver of the housing wealth that is largely in the hands of those of us who have benefitted from rising house prices would go a significant way to filling the funding gap.
This powerful focus is too often today reserved for the separatists in the devolved administrations who aim to divide us.
“The problems faced by Margaret Thatcher and Nigel Lawson – and indeed George Osborne and David Cameron – are different from the crises and challenges we face today.”
Rather than an ideological approach, these four ideals – pragmatism, stewardship, One Nation and empowerment – should be the foundations of Conservative economic policy.
Millions are facing hardship and those people in the most vulnerable circumstances need our support the most. We need to be a government for everyone.
The Government could end up with a series of Burnhams and Khans, constantly trying to undermine it.
Unlocking potential and expanding opportunity is a cornerstone to a just society.
Home ownership is a fundamental cornerstone of conservatism, and everyone must be given the opportunity to reach this life milestone through hard work and determination.