
Elliot’s taste
The Party Chairman responsible for fund-raising is playing for higher stakes than he may appreciate.
The Party Chairman responsible for fund-raising is playing for higher stakes than he may appreciate.
The Prime Minister must get out in front of the issue — and deal with the whole mess before it buries him.
There is evidence, however, that suggests that the move to abandoning all recent Tory traditions is not quite so straightforward.
The overseas aid and Universal Credit decisions suggest that, for the first time in a while, the cause of fiscal conservatism is gaining the upper hand.
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.
If we don’t learn lessons, then the Party runs a real risk of repeating this result at the next general election more widely.
But this electoral Titan has an Achilles heel – tax rises which, rather than planning or HS2, are the real threat to future Chesham & Amershams.
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In the aftermath of the by-election, ConHome republishes Henry Hill’s post-May analysis of the threat to the Conservatives in the South.
Clarity is needed that “levelling up” is not intended to mean class war against the more affluent.
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