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“That’s a lot of deaths.” O’Brien’s Twitter thread on the Great Barrington Declaration.

Our columnist says that “the likely spike in admissions would likely wash over the NHS like a tidal wave over a tiny sandcastle”.

17 October 2020 at 12:00 pm | 140 comments

The forty-two Conservative MPs who voted against the Government on the 10pm curfew

That’s the biggest Tory revolt so far on a virus-related division, and enough potentially to defeat the Government in future.

By Paul Goodman | 14 October 2020 at 6:50 am | 49 comments

WATCH: “The narrow path we have to tread.” The Prime Minister’s Commons statement. Full text.

“We will now simplify and standardise our local rules by introducing a three tiered system of local Covid Alert Levels in England.”

12 October 2020 at 4:15 pm | 97 comments

Discrimination in the Conservative Party – a call for evidence

We enclose a link for submissions to the inquiry, which is chaired by Professor Swaran Preet Singh.

10 October 2020 at 12:00 pm | 78 comments

“I cannot support this policy”…”huge concerns”…”levelling over green fields with concrete”. Tory MPs on the Government’s housing plans.

Nineteen Conservative backbenchers spoke against the policy. It’s doubtful whether a top-down targets system will pass the Commons.

By Paul Goodman | 9 October 2020 at 9:45 am | 42 comments

The twelve Conservative MPs who voted yesterday evening against the rule of six

These are early shots in the developing Tory backbench campaign against the restrictions, which are set to gain volume and velocity.

By Paul Goodman | 7 October 2020 at 6:50 am | 34 comments

The Prime Minister’s full text. He says that, like Churchill’s wartime government, his is sketching out a vision of a new Jerusalem

“We are resolving not to go back to 2019, but…to create the conditions for a dynamic recovery that is led not by the state but by free enterprise.”

6 October 2020 at 12:30 pm | 232 comments

“This Government stood between the people and the danger and we always will.” Sunak’s Conference speech – full text.

“I am committing myself to a single priority – to create, support and extend opportunity to as many people as I can.”

5 October 2020 at 12:23 pm | 22 comments

Link to the conference’s full agenda

The list of main auditorium and fringe events for the four days during which the event will take place.

5 October 2020 at 9:45 am | 10 comments

The seven Conservative MPs who voted against renewing the Coronavirus Act

They can’t have been satisfied with the compromise reached yesterday over future votes on any changes to the Act’s provisions.

By Paul Goodman | 1 October 2020 at 6:50 am | 20 comments

The Conservative Party Conference programme – and which ministers are up and down

It’s speeches for Sunak, Patel and Raab; interviews in different formats for Gove, Hancock and others; while others still are relegated to panels…

By Charlotte Gill | 30 September 2020 at 4:00 pm | 5 comments

The 56 Conservative MPs backing Brady’s amendment on coronavirus regulations

The move, which aims to increase parliamentary scrutiny of the Government, is also signed by Labour and DUP representatives.

By Henry Hill | 30 September 2020 at 10:00 am | 93 comments

“Project fear” and a “national trauma” – criticisms from Tory backbenchers in the Commons yesterday

From calling the measures “dystopian”, to criticising Whitty and Vallance’s latest graph, there were some scathing speeches.

By Charlotte Gill | 29 September 2020 at 2:00 pm | 63 comments

The three testing days for Johnson coming up in the Commons. (Or two and a half at least.)

There’s a Covid-19 debate today, the Internal Market Bill tomorrow, a housing measure on Wednesday – plus maybe the Brady amendment.

By Paul Goodman | 28 September 2020 at 10:30 am | 59 comments

‘I cannot save every business. I cannot save every job. No Chancellor could.’ Statement to the House – full text

“These are radical interventions in the UK labour market; policies we have never tried in this country before.”

24 September 2020 at 3:00 pm | 68 comments

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