The proposals also include making a youth movement only optional, not a requirement, for the Party.
The Times tips him to be put in charge of reforming the campaign machine, but he’d be perfectly suited to implement ConservativeHome’s proposed outreach programme.
Party members should elect our next Chairman and other key figures. Through this process, we will be able to identify talented candidates and platforms.
Twenty four per cent of Bale’s Tory respondents were between 18 and 44, four points lower than the number of his Labour respondents of the same age.
There was a genuine sense of grievance that policy suggestions and campaigning ideas are never listened to.
The most startling element is its one big dive outside the workings of the Tory machine: he wants the leader’s powers to draw up the manifesto to be reined in.
There has been radio silence from CCHQ since 2014. Any organisation that won’t declare a figure has the smell of decay about it.
Plus: The Labour leader’s other Brighton speech: “It was a full-blown Marxist rant. Put up taxes. Employers are evil. You know the sort of thing. They lapped it up.”
If new members realise that they have no real say in making their new party one that really works for everyone, they won’t remain members for long.
Here’s the irony: if we bite our tongues and say nothing, and if Brexit is lost, we lose the next election anyway.
ConservativeHome’s proposals for Party reform, to avoid a repeat of the miserable snap election result.
After exposing the flaws in the Conservative campaign operation, we propose 12 reforms to help to avoid repeating such failings in future.
As long as the Party refuses to run a Tory youth organisation properly, third parties will exploit the gap and put its image at risk.
Plans to give much more time for rank-and-file speeches may be why Khan and Burnham are having a hard time getting speaking slots.
Let’s have Policy Board outside of the constraints of the Government machine – and a commission on what Britain should look like post-Brexit.