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Posts Tagged: Bim Afolami MP

Local elections in depth: The Green Belt is an electoral noose for the Conservatives in St Albans

We continue our series, putting this year’s local elections under the magnifying glass to find changes and trends.

By Harry Phibbs | 15 December 2021

Sam Hall: How to help poorer people meet the costs of net zero

The first piece in a mini-series on ConHome this week on Net Zero and climate change.

By Sam Hall | 6 July 2021

After three by-elections and before tomorrow’s Covid announcement, here are five big challenges for Johnson

The further the act of leaving the EU recedes, the more 2019’s Tory voters will move on – as two recent by-elections reminded us.

By Paul Goodman | 5 July 2021

Today’s ConservativeHome online fringe event line-up: Barclay, Buckland, Ford, Glen, Afolami and Courts

The Justice Secretary and the Chief Secretary to the Treasury lead our cast of ministers, MPs, and experts for Day One.

By Mark Wallace | 3 October 2020

“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 | 62 comments

Bim Afolami: Conservatives need a new economic vision

We must embrace an active enterprising state, reformed and reforming, that can help drive an enterprise nation forward.

By Bim Afolami MP | 14 September 2020 | 45 comments

Race and justice – not just a black and white issue

As a rule, the Conservatives are unclear about the politics of equality and identity. But there’s at least one Minister who isn’t.

By Paul Goodman | 5 June 2020 | 103 comments

Robert Halfon: Mythbusting Common Market 2.0

It would increase our power to control freedom of movement, plus our laws and finances – and deliver on the referendum result.

By Robert Halfon MP | 27 March 2019 | 64 comments

Iain Dale: Rudd, Clark, Gauke. After all their bluster about resigning, abstaining ministers took the cowardly way out

Plus: The Chief Whip’s swift transformation from Francis Urquhart to Mr Bean. And: why I can’t bring myself to vote Tory in the local elections.

By Iain Dale | 15 March 2019 | 149 comments

Sixteen Parliamentarians appointed to the Conservative Policy Commission taskforces

The chairs of the 1922 Policy Boards are joined by a range of MPs and peers, all of whom will aid Skidmore’s work.

By Mark Wallace | 28 September 2018 | 7 comments

George Freeman: Come to our Big Tent Ideas Festival next weekend. And help build conservatism and capitalism for a new generation.

Penny Mordaunt, Liz Truss, Dan Hannan, Liam Halligan, Steve Baker, Tom Tugendhat & others will speak. And there’s a special discount for ConHome readers.

By George Freeman MP | 3 September 2018 | 29 comments

The Tory Left: not always Out, not necessarily Loud, but definitely Proud – and a growing force

A list of new Tory Reform Group patron MPs suggests that it is stronger in the Commons than it may look.

By Paul Goodman | 29 May 2018 | 274 comments

The CPS, Tory MPs, new ideas – and a debate we need on economic policy

Theresa May thought aloud about low interest rates. Mark Carney hit back and no more was heard from her. Time for others to do so?

By Paul Goodman | 15 May 2018 | 26 comments

May’s Men and Women: The Conservative Commons intake of 2017

The Prime Minister failed to boost the fortunes of female candidates, and in other ways there is a shift away from the 2015 intake who came of age under David Cameron.

By Henry Hill | 25 October 2017 | 4 comments

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