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Posts Tagged: Harold Macmillan

Profile: Enoch Powell. Many politicians rose higher. Few made a bigger impact – or still do.

He made grotesque errors of taste and judgement – see “Rivers of Blood”. But even his critics admit that he was one of the great parliamentarians of the 20th century.

By Andrew Gimson | 18 April 2018 | 142 comments

Lewis Baston: How Torrington launched the tradition of Liberal by-election shocks

Looking back, 55 years of Liberal and Liberal Democrat by-election success looks less important than UKIP’s two-year surge.

By Lewis Baston | 23 March 2018 | 20 comments

Rahima Khan: Why I’m Running for Mayor of Newham

Conservatives have a proud record of social reform. I want to break down the barriers to people escaping poverty.

By Rahima Khan | 14 March 2018 | 25 comments

Hard lessons for May from leadership contests of the past

Bonar Law’s words in 1922 apply to the present leader: “The party elects a leader, and that leader chooses the policy, and if the party does not like it, they have to get another leader.”

By Andrew Gimson | 3 February 2018 | 146 comments

Chris Philp: Building more homes is not enough – let’s reserve a proportion of them for UK residents

Increasing supply is important, and so is making sure that young Britons have a chance to get on the ladder.

By Chris Philp MP | 14 December 2017 | 24 comments

Andrew Wood: Yes, Singapore really is an example we can learn from. But not for the reasons some Tories give.

It is not especially low tax, nor is it unregulated – though it is certainly a more business-friendly environment then the UK. Here is why it works.

By Andrew Wood | 27 November 2017 | 154 comments

Spreadsheet Phil must become Storyteller Phil – if his Budget is to succeed where the Tory conference failed

The Chancellor needs to help deliver the sense of direction so strikingly absent in Manchester last month, and indeed since last June’s election.

By Paul Goodman | 16 November 2017 | 94 comments

Past scandals show that Prime Ministers must uphold respectability – or are lost

But Major’s Back to Basics disaster shows how badly wrong the attempt to provide moral leadership can go.

By Andrew Gimson | 4 November 2017 | 48 comments

Robert Buckland: “We must speak the language of opportunity”. His lecture on Tory revival. Full text.

“The language should be that of giving people their chance to succeed and of being on their side – a “people politics” that many practice locally but which must be scaled up.”

By Robert Buckland | 26 October 2017 | 10 comments

Reconstructing May 1) She won’t win the battle for the future if Corbyn defines the battles of the past.

The Prime Minister has a long story of progressive toryism to tell. Moral authority must not be conceded to Labour.

By Paul Goodman | 30 September 2017 | 14 comments

Nick Faith: We need more homes for the North. Here’s how to get them built.

While London is experiencing the greatest demand for housing, the prospect of building in the capital is fraught with political risk.

By Nick Faith | 11 September 2017 | 11 comments

Lewis Baston: Election gambles that worked. And those that failed – like May’s this year.

And those that never were, such as 1978, 1991 and 2007. Prime Ministers tend to make the opposite error to that of their predecessors.

By Lewis Baston | 11 August 2017 | 28 comments

John Deben: Weak leadership, catastrophic decisions. The appeasement of reactionaries over Brexit has betrayed Heath’s legacy

He wouldn’t have let Cash and Fox, Johnson and Rees-Mogg seize the agenda. He would have fought Farage’s populism as he fought that of Powell.

By John Deben | 22 July 2017 | 170 comments

Interview: “Well, it’s very flattering. But I’m not taking it seriously.” Rees-Mogg says he won’t stand for the Conservative leadership

The Somerset MP strongly supports Theresa May, denies anti-Etonian prejudice in public life, and says a Catholic could perfectly well be PM.

By Andrew Gimson | 19 July 2017 | 70 comments

To help win a new generation of young voters, the Conservatives need a new Swinton College – or a modern equivalent

It was the brainchild of Rab Butler, set up to educate Tory members. 54,000 Conservative activists, agents and other students took courses.

By Andrew Gimson | 11 July 2017 | 86 comments

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