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Posts Tagged: George Freeman MP

John Macdonald: Are the Tories becoming the party of high taxes and picking industrial winners?

The second piece in a ConHome mini-series this week on industrial strategy after the pandemic.

By John Macdonald | 10 February 2021 | 22 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

George Freeman: Hancock’s critics will look for failures in his 100,000 test goal. But his ambition will drive Britain forward.

Used properly, stretch targets have the effect of galvanising the level of culture change, ambition, pace and delivery which is needed. 

By George Freeman MP | 30 April 2020 | 91 comments

Reshuffle 2) Iain Dale: It’s a scandal that Housing is now on its tenth Minister in ten years.

Chris Pincher, the new appointee, must stay in the post for the rest of this Parliament. It’s the only way that a strategy can be implemented properly.

By Iain Dale | 14 February 2020 | 58 comments

Penny Mordaunt: We must reunify the country – and MPs can start by helping, not hindering, Brexit

Let’s get a good deal, let’s end the toxic tribalism affecting our parties and our politics, and start the healing.

By Penny Mordaunt | 31 August 2019 | 319 comments

Johnson’s reshuffle. Live blog. Day Three: Businessman appointed Party co-chair alongside Cleverly.

Lords positions start to be appointed, as Commons roles continue to be filled by the new Prime Minister.

By Mark Wallace | 26 July 2019 | 66 comments

Time is running out for Corbyn as well as May

Here is a Leader of the Opposition who cannot see an open goal without tapping the ball gently in the wrong direction.

By Andrew Gimson | 17 July 2019 | 27 comments

Which MP is backing which candidate. Our named estimates. Johnson 131, Hunt 48, Gove 36, Javid 22

Here’s our best stab at who is voting for whom, and this list will be updated each morning, as the contest continues.

By Paul Goodman | 20 June 2019 | 741 comments

Iain Dale: Johnson – unstoppable now, unless he unstops himself

Many will hope that Gove and Hunt duke it out in a constructive way for the right to take on the man who is the clear winner from the week’s events.

By Iain Dale | 14 June 2019 | 121 comments

Mordaunt’s conference call with Tory activists suggests she is still considering running – but she must decide soon

The call was a genuine consultation, floating policy ideas and testing the response, rather than just a PR pitch. But the clock is ticking.

By Mark Wallace | 5 June 2019 | 36 comments

The 30 Conservative MPs who rebelled to vote for Letwin’s amendment

The list includes the three who resigned from the Government this evening – and Green, one of the Prime Minister’s oldest allies.

By Mark Wallace | 26 March 2019 | 160 comments

George Freeman: We have to deliver a Brexit that the majority of voters can accept

Our party owns this crisis. If we honour the referendum we can shape the next decade. If we don’t then chaos – and Corbyn – await.

By George Freeman MP | 25 March 2019 | 173 comments

Here are the 15 rebels who almost gave Bercow a casting vote on Cooper/Letwin

By longstanding convention the Speaker casts his vote for the status quo. But would he?

By Henry Hill | 15 March 2019 | 5 comments

The 16 Tory MPs who broke the whip to back Powell’s cut-off amendment

Halfon and Stevenson join the Europhile ultras in a very near miss for the Government.

By Henry Hill | 15 March 2019 | 25 comments

The 17 Conservative MPs who voted against the whip on the Government’s motion

Two of them, Sarah Newton and Paul Masterton, were members of the Government, and have resigned.

By Paul Goodman | 14 March 2019

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