The emphasis on the economy that has been pursued since Conference is beginning to bear results , with the Tories overtaking Labour and closing the gap with Reform. With the salience of immigration falling, that shift in approach has been vindicated.
We have had mea culpas from Cameron, Johnson and Sunak for straying from the free enterprise path. The voters need to hear that message.
After a poorly received policy announcement by the party during the 2024 general election, some Tory MPs today are in the mood for an extra dose of patriotism, and have been looking at ways to once more resurrect national service.
He has an immense appetite for stories, and politicians talk to him because he tries to report with reasonable fidelity what they say.
We must not let Britain sleepwalk into an unchecked Labour government. It is our job, our duty in the coming days to wake people up to this danger.
On immigration anxious voters look to Farage rather than Labour or the Conservatives.
Rishi Sunak’s commitment to the Jewish community in Britain is steadfast, his visit here straight after the appalling attacks of 7 October remembered across the constituency.
The Labour leader is a pragmatist who is well able to justify Conservative plans when he thinks they will work.
The Prime Minister seems to have realised that if he goes on being Mr Nice Guy he will finish last.
Wheatcroft contends in his new book that the prophecy he made in 2005 may yet come to pass.
As in 2019, he plans to step forward as the only man who can defeat Farage and save the Conservative Party.
Farage too receives a respectful hearing, but only one definite Conservative was found.
He has spotted that no one much cares about detail. Trump did not, in any meaningful sense, build his wall – but he is still the guy to vote for if your issue is immigration.
The UK–EU Summit must be more than a polite stock-take. It must be the moment both sides commit to a new chapter – recognising that the TCA was not the final word, and that the world today demands far greater ambition. Britain cannot afford to be passive