Jesse Norman is the Member of Parliament for Hereford and South Herefordshire. Follow Jesse on Twitter. What should the 2015 Conservative manifesto look like? I discussed this question at ConHome’s recent Victory 2015 conference. Of course there’s little use in trying to write a detailed manifesto now, more than two years before the election. But there’s […]
Kevin Culwick is Director of Lord Ashcroft Polls. This is a summary of the presentation he gave to ConHome's Victory 2015 Conference on 9th March. Last year Lord Ashcroft published Degrees of Separation, the biggest ever survey among ethnic minority voters about politics in general and the Conservative Party in particular. At the ConHome Victory […]
Martin Callanan MEP is Chairman of the European Conservatives. This is the text of the talk he gave to ConHome's Victory 2015 Conference on 9th March. Follow the ECR Group on Twitter. The ConservativeHome conference was an excellent initiative by Tim, Paul, and the team. Being one of only three elected parliamentarians from the North East region, I […]
Matthew Elliott is Founder of the TaxPayers' Alliance and Big Brother Watch, former Campaign Director of NOtoAV, and Chief Executive of Business for Britain, which will launch shortly. This is the text of the talk he gave to ConHome's Victory 2015 Conference on 9th March. Follow Matthew on Twitter. At ConservativeHome's Victory 2015 conference earlier this month,Grant […]
David Skelton of Policy Exchange provides the latest text from March 9th Victory 2015 Conference. Please follow Dave on Twitter. 64 per cent of voters agree with the statement that the Conservative Party “looks after the interests of the rich, not ordinary people.” That perception is one of the core reasons that the Tories haven’t […]
Lord Bates was Deputy Chairman of Campaign North in the last parliament. He was the Conservative Member of Parliament for Langbaurgh 1992-7, and Paymaster General 1996-7. He writes regularly for ConservativeHome. This is the speech he delivered at last weekend's Victory 2015 Conference. When the prime minister went to Keighley in West Yorkshire last week […]
Philip Davies is the Member of Parliament for Shipley and Parliamentary Spokesman for Blue Collar Conservatism. For more information about Blue Collar Conservatism you can visit the website. Follow Philip on Twitter. The Conservatives cannot hope to win the next election without gaining substantial support from blue collar Britons. Blue collar voters have been vital […]
Gavin Barwell is Member of Parliament for Croydon Central. Follow Gavin on Twitter. I’ve written before for ConservativeHome both about the long-term existential threat to the Party from our low support among Britain’s growing black and minority ethnic communities and about what we could do to tackle this threat. On Saturday, I had the chance […]
Nadine Dorries is the Member of Parliament for Mid Bedfordshire. Follow Nadine on Twitter. I was delighted to be asked to speak at the ConservativeHome conference on Saturday and to give my opinion on how I think the party can reach out to blue collar workers. I don’t actually like the term ‘blue collar’ very much […]
Andrea Leadsom is MP for South Northamptonshire. Follow Andrea on Twitter. Andrea's talk was given to ConservativeHome's Victory 2015 Conference, on 9th March. Read the contributions from Rob Halfon on blue collar conservatism and John Stevenson on winning in the North. Research by the Electoral Commission into the 2001 general election confirmed that where there’s […]
Robert Halfon is the Member of Parliament for Harlow. Follow Robert on Twitter. This is the text of a talk he gave to ConservativeHome's Victory 2015 Conference. The first Commandment of Blue Collar Conservatism is not to use the term. Don’t say “blue collar”. This can have negative connotations. Very few British voters will self-identify as […]
John Stevenson is Member of Parliament for Carlisle. Follow John on Twitter. This is the talk he gave to ConHome's Victory 2015 Conference. Over the next few days we will be publishing other presentations and talks given to the event. In 1959 the Conservative Party returned 78 MPs in the north of England. In 2010 it was […]