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The twelve Conservative MPs who voted against the third lockdown

The tellers for the Noes were Christopher Chope and Chris Green. The last major Tory rebellion against Government Covid policy was 53 strong.

By Paul Goodman | 7 January 2021 | 50 comments

How to ensure that disadvantaged children are fed when schools are closed

Ministers could not have handled the matter worse if they’d tried. But Paul Maynard, pictured, is championing a solution.

By Paul Goodman | 26 October 2020 | 155 comments

The forty-two Conservative MPs who voted against the Government on the 10pm curfew

That’s the biggest Tory revolt so far on a virus-related division, and enough potentially to defeat the Government in future.

By Paul Goodman | 14 October 2020 | 49 comments

The twelve Conservative MPs who voted yesterday evening against the rule of six

These are early shots in the developing Tory backbench campaign against the restrictions, which are set to gain volume and velocity.

By Paul Goodman | 7 October 2020 | 34 comments

The seven Conservative MPs who voted against renewing the Coronavirus Act

They can’t have been satisfied with the compromise reached yesterday over future votes on any changes to the Act’s provisions.

By Paul Goodman | 1 October 2020 | 20 comments

A Conservative leader can afford to take on his left or his right – but not the 1922 Committee’s Executive

The Brady amendment is part of the developing story of a clash between leaders and backbenchers over Party management, culture and MPs’ status.

By Paul Goodman | 30 September 2020 | 33 comments

Iain Dale: How many Cabinet members would make your fantasy Cabinet? I count five. And it gets worse…

Plus: incompetence, resignations, non-resignations, reputations, my holiday, Any Questions and Finkelstein’s book.

By Iain Dale | 21 August 2020 | 130 comments

Rob Sutton: Introducing the top 50 Conservative MPs on Twitter

Four members from the 2019 intake make the top 50, beating longer-serving and higher-ranked colleagues.

By Dr Rob Sutton | 29 June 2020 | 11 comments

Profile: Robert Jenrick, who rose without trace until he hit two bumps in the road

If the Housing Secretary is to survive, he will have to learn the art of sometimes saying no to property developers such as Richard Desmond.

By Andrew Gimson | 24 June 2020 | 86 comments

LISTEN: Blue Collar Conservatives’ first podcast. Is the age of the entrepreneur over?

The first of the group’s online conservations probes the implications of the Coronavirus for Britain’s business culture.

3 April 2020 | 27 comments

The revolt over Huawei is bigger than it looks. It spells trouble for the Prime Minister over security, defence, and veterans.

Troublemaking Tories are no bad thing as the UK moves forward with its 5G contract.

By Charlotte Gill | 12 March 2020 | 41 comments

The 38 Conservative MPs who rebelled over Huwaei

They included seven former Cabinet Ministers, the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee and the Chairman of the 1922 Executive Committee.

11 March 2020 | 57 comments

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.

By Henry Hill | 17 February 2020 | 16 comments

Reshuffle 3) Chris White: It isn’t just Ministers who get fired. A third of SpAds are set to lose their jobs.

There will be some bruised personalities on the backbenches who will need careful managing over the next few months, and I hear that Spencer is already on the job.

By Chris White | 14 February 2020 | 16 comments

Johnson’s reshuffle. If he isn’t Thinking Big it should be Kept Small.

Let Sunak and Dowden join Jenrick at the top table. And that should be about it. If the Coronavirus takes off, Ministerial changes will be the least of our worries.

By Paul Goodman | 10 February 2020 | 55 comments

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