What you may have missed about the Conservative Manifesto 1) No votes at 16
This series turns a spotlight on the Conservative Manifesto and returns to policy announcements that some will have missed.
No party is covering itself with glory in the aftermath of the London Bridge murders
Briefing that Johnson will “lock up terrorists and throw away the key” is taking the voters for fools.
The London Bridge horror. Now is the time to deliver on the other half of Taking Back Control.
Asserting the rights of Parliament over the EU is half the European mission. Asserting them over the ECHR is the other half.
A sign of the times. The remarkable quiet that follows Labour’s commitment to decriminalise abortion up until birth
It is not only pro-lifers who might jib at the United Kingdom acquiring one of the most permissive abortion laws in the world.
Terror attacks and the election
In 2017, they turned out, perhaps surprisingly, not to boost the cause of “the party of law and order”. What happens next this time round?
The campaign, week four. Johnson pushes upwards but so does Corbyn.
The move back to two party politics of 2017 seems to be repeating itself this time round.
Why YouGov’s good poll for Johnson may be bad news for him
We say again that there is a danger of Conservative expectations getting ahead of the electoral facts.
The Chief Rabbi’s statement on Labour and anti-semitism. What kind of people are we?
Some events are so big that it’s hard to see them properly. This is one. How will Labour moderates respond?
An idea for McDonnell. Pledge £1 million to every voter in Britain.
Let him carry on what he’s started by exploding the financial framework Labour announced in only two days.
The ConservativeHome columnists and the Conservative Party manifesto
We unleashed Nick Timothy on the world as a columnist. Meet the husband-and-wife combo of Rachel Wolf and James Frayne.
Teachers, nurses, an ocean conservationist, the Chancellor – meet the manifesto’s Tory candidates.
Its photos are used to project an image of the Conservatives as the party of the people.
Today’s Conservative Manifesto launch. Cummingsisation continues.
Focused on winning rather than ideology, it nonetheless has one striking continuity with the 2017 document it rejects – the targeting of Just About Managing voters.
The campaign, week three. There is a danger of Conservative expectations getting ahead of the electoral facts
One way of thinking about this election is as a kind of slot machine. It must turn up three lemons, as it were, for the Conservatives to win big.
National Insurance. A Cummings tax policy begins to take shape.
Put the commitment to an NI cut alongside the shelving of a corporation tax one, and one finds one of the Downing Street adviser’s main preoccupations.
The first leaders TV debate. Why a draw was always going to be a win for Johnson. And that is what he got.
In football terms, Johnson played a high press and Corbyn relied on counter-attack. Neither scored.