The campaign feels better run, including online. People massively prefer Boris Johnson to Corbyn. The question is whether it is enough
I am arguing that there is some limited space for radical candour with the electorate on the difficult choices facing the country in the 2020s.
Plus: The ups and downs of Johnson’s broadcast. Poor A & figures. Conservative and Labour no shows. And: what to give a woman at Christmas.
Treat claims of a communalist election with suspicion. The evidence suggests that ethnic minority voters prioritise domestic issues over foreign policy ones.
Vital public services face a recruitment crisis because the cost of living deters applicants. Our report shows how the Tories can address this challenge.
In terms of the actual situation in hospitals, probably not, but that does not insulate it from the political danger of such a narrative should it take hold.
Voters have a clear choice: vote Conservative or vote for further indecision, confusion and delay.
The third piece in our series this week about what the Conservative Manifesto should look like.
The first piece of a series this week about what the Conservative Manifesto should look like.
Plus: Groundhog Day for the NHS. Farage is the dog that hasn’t barked. I will miss Morgan. And: Off to Liverpool.
We must strike a better balance so that where genuine disagreements arise, there are ways of resolving the situation through mediation and conciliation.
Would they actually think that, now Brexit’s done and immigration back under control, that they can return to their natural home in the Labour Party?
The Neoliberal Manifesto, a joint project between the Adam Smith Institute and 1828, champions an approach based on freedom, markets and choice.
“If parliament were a laptop, then the screen would be showing the pizza wheel of doom. If parliament were a school, Ofsted would be shutting it down.”
“Let’s finally believe in ourselves…We have always had the courage to be original, to do things differently, and now we are about to take another giant step.”