The Conservative Party Board has agreed CCHQ resources will be kept neutral in the referendum
This is the right decision for the Party.
This is the right decision for the Party.
ConservativeHome was among the first to raise the issue – now the Party Board is weighing up a crucial decision.
By any measure, those who declare they would vote to Remain “under all circumstances” are the holders of an extreme position.
Of the 37 Conservatives MPs who rebelled, only eight entered the Commons either this year or in 2010.
Like the Scottish referendum, this referendum cannot really bring closure.
Today’s votes offer a real opportunity to protect the fairness of the ballot.
We have said all along that we would move to address those concerns with clear rules about what taxpayer-funded resources can and cannot do.
Meet the Tory MPs, MEPs, peers and office holders who will be campaigning for ‘fundamental change’… or Brexit.
We already have a tried and tested purdah rule to protect the ballot. It should be reintroduced in full.
“The primary function of government, surely, is to control the country’s borders, and if they can’t even do that… then they’re simply not up to the job of basic statecraft.”
Anything short of this is of secondary importance.
The wide-ranging aims of the Bloomberg speech have dwindled to asking for limits on welfare for migrants. Now even that aim is in trouble.
I have signed up as a supporter – no doubt many ConservativeHome readers will do the same.
Benefits, housing, environmentalism, immigration, civil liberties and, of course, Europe.
Suggestions to the contrary are a fantasy in the minds of British europhiles.