Halfon is out to build a new Party – and he stands every chance of doing so
The new Deputy Chairman has a track record of taking up radical goals, and battling until he succeeds.
The new Deputy Chairman has a track record of taking up radical goals, and battling until he succeeds.
Members from a broad range of backgrounds competed and forged firm friendships during the long days of the campaign.
A candidate with one of the best results in the country says that Party members should be treated as more than a means to a end.
This no-holds-barred conversation will involve members, activists, digital friends, MPs, councillors and professional staff – and I want all the big questions asked.
We must bring back the old-fashioned notion that there is no such thing as a political career.
Campaigning costs money. Taxpayer-funding of political parties would be a disaster. So there’s only one solution – and it isn’t quick or easy.
As more details of the plans for coalition talks emerge, the leadership must be straight with the grassroots.
It tells this site that “the wider party would have to be involved”.
After all, they deserve a vote – and they can be trusted with one too.
Apparently I’m supposed to campaign in someone else’s seat, not that for which I’m actually standing.
At the heart of the row over two of the Home Secretary’s SpAds is the view at the very top of the Party that the next election is all that matters.
There is a body to protect the Party’s long-term finances. We need one to protect its long-term electability.
To ensure our party is built to last, it must have a mass membership base.
In this mini-series, Mark Wallace and I will revisit three themes for reform that ConservativeHome has campaigned on before.
But the Conservatives need fundamental change.