If we do not act, we risk having some of the highest standards in the world… with no one producing to them.
A new ConHome series offering a very short introduction to some of those who are making or who have made an intellectual contribution to conservatism.
Onward seems set to propound the liberal and Freer the libertarian versions of the globalist agenda. Where does that leave the anti-globalist voters who now back the Tories?
But unless his fully-developed vision of the future can capture heart-and-minds, I’d expect control of the party to stay with the mainstream.
The “modernisers” think that people with clear principles are cranks. In five years, they may find themselves queuing for food at their local Red Star state supermarket.
The reality is that most of it will be concentrated on pupils older than 16 – whatever the best age may be at which to select.
It’s perfectly OK to be insanely wrong – just as long as you’re insanely wrong in an officially approved manner
A host of conservative and libertarian thinkers and campaigners will be arrayed for your inspiration.
Britain’s universities are among the best in the world. In just about every academic discipline, the research that is produced in this country is of international significance. This certainly includes the social sciences, but given the quantity and quality of this output, how much of it makes an input to practical policy making? Far too […]
In an interview in last week’s Spectator, the Conservative MP and Cameroonian cheerleader, Nick Boles, expressed some bracing views on the ‘modernisation’ project that he himself was a part of: “Boles concedes that ‘for classic, relatively low income, Midlands and northern towns and cities there was something missing’. He blames this on the modernisers being ‘very carried away […]
The option to “merely sit” is not available at present, since there is currently a battle of ideas between conservatism and its foes, and also one taking place within conservative thought itself.