Britain's leading Conservative blog for news, comment, analysis and campaigns, edited by Paul Goodman. Conservative Party Election 2019
ConservativeHome Newslinks for Thursday 5th December 2019
  • Newslinks
  • ToryDiary
  • Columnists
  • Comment
  • MPs ETC
  • Local Government
  • Majority
  • LeftWatch
  • Think Tanks
  • Audio
  • Video

Posts Tagged: James Kirkup

Interview: James Kirkup on trans. And how campaigners have exploited MPs’ fear of being accused of transphobia.

And he asks: why did the Women and Equalities Select Committee choose an adviser open to the charge of being parti pris?

By Andrew Gimson | 24 October 2018 | 78 comments

When think tanks think and when think tanks tank

Onward, FREER, the revitalised CPS. The Tory MPs involved in all these will have to take some risks if they’re to get off the groumd.

By Paul Goodman | 19 April 2018 | 52 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

Iain Dale: In defence of Craig Oliver

Plus: I upset Plaid. I recommend Matt Forde’s TV series. And: will a ticket to Norwich cost me £27.10 or £103.10?

By Iain Dale | 14 October 2016 | 26 comments

Michael Orton: Tackling insecurity. Here’s a plan published from the Left but with solutions for the Right – and for everyone else

Our Five-plus ideas focus on good jobs, decent incomes, secure and affordable housing and the best start in life for all our children and grandchildren

By Michael Orton | 6 May 2016

From Reggie to Dessie: Anne Milton, Soames, gender fluidity…and poppers

Also: Britain Stranger in Europe. Leagues of Empire Loyalists in Kettering. Elliott and Coates in bars and bogs. Plus: Donald Tusk or is it Trump?

By Reggie | 3 February 2016 | 2 comments

On immigration, Cameron must help May to hold the line

For all the Government’s failures, she was making a bold, brave argument. It may offend the zeitgeist within the M25, but it resonates in the bigger Britain.

By Paul Goodman | 7 October 2015 | 62 comments

McVey demonstrates that the Conservatives are also a party of the poor

The Employment Minister understands how vulnerable many people are, and that to find work they need help and encouragement, not just rugged individualism.

By Andrew Gimson | 27 July 2014 | 62 comments

Iain Dale: The real secret of party fund-raising – politicians hate donors

Plus: Up yours, Amazon. Secrets of Thanet South. Up yours, Lutfur. Plus: The madness of sacking Graeme Archer. And: Is Andy Murray Scottish, after all?

By Iain Dale | 4 July 2014 | 29 comments

A Twitter List by PaulGoodmanCH
  • Highlights
  • Latest
  • Comments
  • How the Conservatives won the election – and Gove became Prime Minister December 5, 2019
  • Garvan Walshe: How the majority needed to deliver Brexit will thwart the reform needed to make a success of it December 5, 2019
  • Anne Fennell: Why are the Conservatives, like the other main parties, against choice for families? December 5, 2019
  • Vox pub: In Remain-leaning London, Johnson’s cause endures, and Umunna has found no passport to Pimlico December 4, 2019
  • Neil Shastri-Hurst: NATO’s problems today include three Presidents…and a prospective Prime Minister December 4, 2019
  • Now is the time to emphasise the massive tax rises which Labour’s plans would inflict on the nation December 5, 2019
  • Read the Conservative Manifesto in full December 5, 2019
  • Henry Hill: With a week to go, can the Welsh Conservatives recover their momentum? December 5, 2019
  • Annunziata Rees-Mogg and three other leading Brexit Party MEPs say ‘Vote Conservative to get Brexit done’ December 5, 2019
  • WATCH: Labour will create an economic crisis if they win the election, warns Javid December 5, 2019

Do you receive the ConservativeHome daily email?

Each weekday – between 9am and 10am – we send The Conservative Daily with links to all the big Tory news stories.

Subscribe
ConservativeHome

Editors’ Blog List

  • Adam Smith Institute Blog
  • Allister Heath
  • Andrew Bolt (Australia)
  • Andrew Kennedy
  • Archbishop Cranmer
  • Bagehot (Economist)
  • Brexit Central
  • Buzzfeed UK Politics
  • CapX
  • Centre for Policy Studies Blog
  • Change Britain
  • Chris Deerin
  • Cobden Centre
  • Comment is Free
  • Conservative Christian Fellowship
  • Conservative Friends of India
  • Conservative Friends of Israel
  • Conservative Friends of Pakistan
  • Conservative Middle East Council
  • Conservative Muslim Forum
  • Conservatives for Liberty
  • David Frum (The Daily Beast)
  • Douglas Carswell MP
  • Foreign Affairs
  • FT Westminster blog
  • Gary Gibbon (Channel 4)
  • Guido Fawkes
  • Harry's Place
  • Huffington Post
  • Iain Dale
  • Iain Martin (Reaction)
  • Institute of Economic Affairs Blog
  • James Kirkup (Telegraph)
  • John Redwood MP
  • Labour Uncut
  • LabourList
  • Left Foot Forward
  • LibDemVoice
  • Liberal Vision
  • National Review Online
  • Open Britain
  • Peter Hitchens
  • Policy Exchange Blog
  • PoliticsHome
  • Quilliam Foundation
  • Resolution Foundation
  • Spectator Coffee House
  • TaxPayers' Alliance blog
  • The American Conservative
  • The Freedom Association
  • The Guardian's data blog
  • The Staggers
  • The Times – Red Box
  • The Week
  • Think Scotland
  • Tory Reform Group
  • UK Polling Report
  • Weekly Standard

Britain’s leading Conservative blog for news, comment, analysis and campaigns, edited by Paul Goodman. We are independent of the Conservative Party but supportive of it.

Site Information

  • About ConservativeHome
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • Comments Policy
  • Privacy Policy
  • ConservativeHome’s Daily Email
  • News feeds from ConservativeHome

What’s happening inside the Conservative Party?

ConservativeIntelligence has the answers. Regular high quality events and extended briefings providing unique insight and intelligence on the Party.

Website by Tjugo Tjugo

©2019 Conservative Home, All rights reserved