Conservatives must realise that there are an awful lot of people who might share their revulsion at the excesses of hyper-liberal politics but are still not going to vote Tory. We’re fed up of our stagnant economy.
As long as the PopCons remain a vehicle for libertarianism, they won’t be able to offer anything more useful than politically toothless gestures against left-liberalism.
The strange but true tale of the unjust application of a Community Resolution Order – a growing means of dealing with low level offences that can have serious consequences for employment.
They have grown up in a cultural milieu that denigrates Britain’s culture and history to the point that the idea it is even worthy of respect – never mind dying for – is ridiculous.
I’d say it’s about saying things how they are, avoiding sugar-coating matters, and not denying reality because it’s inconvenient or because it doesn’t fit your ideology, world view or political agenda.
That is the mission of ARC, the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship, which is holding its inaugural meeting in London. The public want a better, more productive and dignified economy, and a politics and a public culture which honours their values.
There is a widespread desire amongst Conservatives for “dividing lines” between us and Labour. One of the least problematic and most popular would be the enactment of a parental right of access to school teaching materials.
There was absolutely no way that the name was changing and, once the media had picked it up, the story began to rip. The combination of woke, dogs and the sheer arrogance of PETA has caught the public’s mood.
How convenient for the Davos class to be able to prate about equality, diversity and inclusiveness, and to believe itself virtuous.
Above all, they shouldn’t become preoccupied with Woke to the exclusion of everything else. This is the trap that many Labour backbenchers and much of the Left is falling into.
Conservatives have to recognise that much of this failure arises from our failure to tackle government by quango and New Labour’s political settlement.
Years of talking loudly whilst carrying a small stick have left voters unwilling to give the Government the benefit of the doubt.
But with a nuanced approach, the Tories can address areas of concern without alienating a vital, more liberal-minded part of their electoral coalition.
Labour is likely to turbocharge the ESG and DEI agenda. Their proposed Race Equality Act would accelerate DEI in the workplace and burden all companies with the sort of diversity reporting the FCA wants to impose on the City.