Instead of building a legacy in concrete things they actually achieved, our leaders instead now try to conjure one by setting a binding but remote aspiration and letting others work out the details.
The attempt to shut down the National Conservatism conference in Belgium is a clear-cut case of abuse of power that has exposed a disturbing attitude towards freedom of expression and assembly.
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We face an unprecedented number of ex-prime ministers trying to spin their legacies, and an unprecedented number of outlets in which they can do so. This will not be helpful.
Those who have their doubts or feel uncomfortable with this new potential Tory coalition must accept the political reality that the party needs these new supporters.
If councillors were to bend to pressure from campaigners on behalf of the casualties of all ongoing armed conflict on the planet, to debate what demands to make of the combatants, they would have insufficient time left at council meetings to conduct actual council business.
The horror of what has happened is now widely recognised. The state, which should uphold child safety, instead engaged in a programme of mutilating children.
By investing in areas overseas that are challenged by poverty and conflict, we help reduce the likelihood of the consequences of those challenges, such as terrorism, irregular migration, and humanitarian disasters, reaching the United Kingdom.
Conservative backbenchers have not cheered their leader so loud and long for months.
Polling shows that for voters under 35, cost of living and housing affordability is their top issue in mind – and the dream of home ownership has been fuelling a huge shift towards Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives.
Our deputy editor argues that the whole point of free schools and academies was fostering a more diverse school system, and that requires that individual schools be allowed to enforce their own vision and values.
Henry Hill talks to Sky News’ Anna Botting about the Prime Minister’s new smoking ban.
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Streeting celebrated the split in the Conservative Party on the smoking ban, and Labour’s “dominance in the battle of ideas”.
Sinn Féin are already the largest party in the Northern Ireland Assembly and are poised to form the next government in Dublin. Fine Gael and the DUP thus have a common enemy.