The General Election will be decided on language as well as policy

Politicians are too risk averse during media interviews.

The underlying truth about the Rotherham abuse scandal

Time and time again we’ve seen abusers operate in plain sight and yet each time we claim to be shocked.

Conservatives need to learn once more to speak the language of patriotism

Our politicians have left a rhetorical vacuum into which nationalist politicians – Salmond and Farage – have moved.

Rishi Sunak: Ways in which the Conservatives can win more ethnic minority votes

People from minority backgrounds are likely to make up a third of the population by 2050 – their electoral significance is only increasing.

John Stevens: The unity of the Conservatives is now a threat to the unity of the country

The hanging-together of the Tories has become an obstacle to creating a new patriotic consciousness

Richard Kelly: From Burke to burkhas – why it’s time for Tory multiculturalism

Conservatives should shed atavistic ideas of British-ness,

Why liberals don’t understand conservatives

It is, for many conservatives, a familiar feeling – the sense that our counterparts on the liberal left not only… Read more »

The nation as a family

As well as introducing us to Jonathan Haidt’s work, David Goodhart’s review is an important article in its own right, exposing… Read more »