Support from the British Indian community has been growing considerably for the Conservatives in recent years.
New high rises have wrecked the look and feel of our borough. People also see their hard-earned money wasted. They understand that things must change.
“2-0 England is my prediction by the way”, he said in an e-mail received by ConservativeHome at 7.53am yesterday morning.
The Government won the division during yesterday’s consideration of the Trade Bill by 18 votes.
Housing First is essential but not sufficient – if there are as many non-UK nationals sleeping on the streets post-Covid as before.
Maintaining the current diplomatic relations would be a devastating mistake – potentially with fatal consequences.
This rebellion had little in common with most others, but the names of many who oppose the Government now show a certain predictability.
This week marks a bleak anniversary for those from the former princely state. But there’s a new corrective to the Tory pro-India tilt.
That’s the biggest Tory revolt so far on a virus-related division, and enough potentially to defeat the Government in future.
They included seven former Cabinet Ministers, the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee and the Chairman of the 1922 Executive Committee.
Many are vulnerable people in need of specialist help. Far better use could be made of the existing Public Health budget.
Both men sit broadly on the centre-right of the Parliamentary Party. That there is no candidate from the centre-left is a sign of internal change.
Not being white remains the number one demographic predictor of not voting Tory.
Across the UK, over 6,631 people were sleeping rough in September 2022. This figure is growing; the Government must act if they are to keep their commitment to end rough sleeping by 2024.