Interview with Chris Patten: We must stand up to the Communists in Beijing who hate freedom in Hong Kong

“I’m very, very positive about China, but I’m very, very negative about the Chinese Communist Party.”

Jake Scott: To defend the ‘Blue Wall’, Tory MPs must be prepared to defy the whip

To paraphrase Burke, they owe their Party, as much as their electors, the benefit of their independent, locally-informed judgement.

Daniel Hannan: Where we’ve got to with the lockdown. We say we want it. Then we break it.

There has been a vivid daily demonstration of our collective double-standard in the mass of journalists swarming outside Cummings’s house.

Daniel Hannan: Why are so many Burkean Tories still backing this rolling forward of state power?

The government’s initial response was in fact admirably Burkean. The full force of law was used sparingly. And you know what? It did the trick.

A book which sees the ultra-liberals as a threat. But doesn’t recognise that they’re not having it all their own way.

The Conservative victory in the general election of 2019, on a promise to Get Brexit Done, was a crushing defeat for them.

Roger Scruton: The ten principles that should form the foundation of a modern Conservative policy.

We republish a personal Tory manifesto first published by this site almost exactly five years ago.

James Kirkup: Our advice to Johnson. Social mobility should be at the heart of your programme.

The fifth piece in our series this week about what the Tory Manifesto should look like.

Martin Parsons: What is the point of the Commission for Countering Extremism?

Its report focuses on hate speech – which is being weaponised by various groups, including Islamists, intent on censoring public disagreement with their own beliefs.

Neil O’Brien: Fifty shades of conservatism

It’s a bit like the roof of Parliament’s Westminster Hall: which is held up by a lot of huge, ancient beams all resting on each other.

Imogen Sinclair: Burke offers a solution to the decline of community

Increasingly there is a recognition that the little platoons can alleviate a range of modern social ills.

Tobias Ellwood: To flourish, our Party must stay in the centre ground – not march off to the right

We regularly describe ourselves as a broad church – and correctly so. Any alignment with the Brexit Party would see that width of appeal narrowed.

Tony Devenish: Having a Prime Minister who understands how local government works is hugely welcome

Listen to Johnson for any length of time and it becomes clear that his time as Mayor of London has had a profound impact on his politics.

Why the Left prefers condemning the Prime Minister to understanding him

Brainless tribalism led it to underestimate Johnson.

Jesse Norman: Conservatism, the party leadership, and the future of our country. Why I am considering standing.

If you believe in this idea of conservatism; if you want new faces at the table; if you share these ambitions, then please say so.

Brexit, the backstop, Anglo-Irish relations – and learning from Burke

We need a new strategic partnership with Ireland. At the moment, that end seems endlessly remote.