“If you go ‘transgender rights are our big thing’, you are going to lose that culture war”
How the Conservatives are winning and Labour losing the working class – a pattern that the latter’s leadership candidates are set to repeat.
Why Johnson hasn’t visited flood victims
His reluctance to do so is part of a bigger picture: a decision not to dance to the media’s tune.
Is the Home Office still unfit for purpose?
If Downing Street doesn’t grip the campaign against Patel by allies of her Permanent Secretary and others, it may spiral out of control.
Labour will ignore Blair’s speech yesterday. But Tories should take note.
His message, that the Conservatives will win if the electoral battle is on identity politics and culture wars, is correct.
The new points-based immigration system gives ministers a lot of room for manoeuvre
It really depends on what meaning the Government ends up giving to “approved sponsor”, “appropriate skill level”, and “shortage occupation”.
Introducing ConservativeHome’s new Deputy Editor: Charlotte Gill
She will be familiar to many readers as a journalist and commentator who has been published in the Daily Telegraph, The Times, the Spectator and elsewhere.
Ministers must act to spur a tougher, more pro-active police response to Extinction Rebellion
The Cambridgeshire Constabulary have been rightly criticised, but the Government needs to set timorous senior officers on firmer legal ground.
The Johnson adviser with the most power
No, not you-know-who, but David Frost, Johnson’s Europe adviser. When was the last time a SpAd led for the Government with a major speech?
Cameron noted the Environment Agency’s flawed approach to flooding. But the problem has still not been dealt with.
There is a refusal to provide dredging on animal welfare grounds. But millions of small mammals, insects, and invertebrates, are being drowned.
Beware the Eye of Johnson
It is straining to be bigger and better, and see further, faster. But the lesson of the story is that it can’t see everywhere at once.
A brief history of Fiscal Rules
They keep changing. But does it matter? For the last 30 years, when it comes to the public finances, the diet always starts tomorrow.
Beneath the headlines, there’s a case for this having been a continuity reshuffle
The shock departure of Sajid Javid obscures the fact that there was much less churn than one might expect, especially at the lower levels.
Whacking the BBC. Change is coming – whether the Corporation likes it or not.
This site is opposed to subscription funding and a decriminalised licence fee. But both will be forced on the BBC if it doesn’t reform.
The Prime Minister’s Bridges and Circuses. Why Sunak’s duty is to rein in Johnson’s instincts.
The new Chancellor has work to do if he is to fend off the wrath of the Gods of the Copybook Headings.
Our reshuffle predictions. What we got right and what we didn’t.
“Javid has already seen one SpAd fired. The Prime Minister may push to dismiss at least two more…which he would resist. This one may not end well.”