Conservatives have a proud record of social reform. I want to break down the barriers to people escaping poverty.
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.”
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.
The Chancellor needs to help deliver the sense of direction so strikingly absent in Manchester last month, and indeed since last June’s election.
But Major’s Back to Basics disaster shows how badly wrong the attempt to provide moral leadership can go.
“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.”
The Prime Minister has a long story of progressive toryism to tell. Moral authority must not be conceded to Labour.
While London is experiencing the greatest demand for housing, the prospect of building in the capital is fraught with political risk.
The Somerset MP strongly supports Theresa May, denies anti-Etonian prejudice in public life, and says a Catholic could perfectly well be PM.
It was the brainchild of Rab Butler, set up to educate Tory members. 54,000 Conservative activists, agents and other students took courses.
The lack of a stake in the system is pushing the political profile of the youngest tranche of workers towards that of students.
The Prime Minister’s manifesto will have its flaws, but she has grasped the implications of Brexit more surely than any other senior politician.
Increasing supply is important, and so is making sure that young Britons have a chance to get on the ladder.