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Posts Tagged: Working Class

Dean Godson: There are plenty of ideas on the centre-right. Here’s how it can create a new, decent, patriotric consensus.

Despite polarisation on Brexit, there is more agreement among voters than often appears – and therefore more cause for optimism.

By Dean Godson | 10 June 2019 | 22 comments

Alan Mak: Conservatism 4.0 – We must ensure that no-one is left behind by the Fourth Industrial Revolution

The second article in a three-part series explaining why adapting to a society and economy shaped by technology is key.

By Alan Mak MP | 5 June 2019 | 14 comments

Clark Vasey: Welcome to the Blue Collar Conservatism relaunch

Esther McVey with the support of MPs from across the party is refreshing and renewing the project.

By Clark Vasey | 1 April 2019 | 52 comments

Alex Morton: Riots, looting, pillaging, yellow vests. France shows what Britain could face if Brexit is blocked.

A new book argues that the country is divided between a metropolitan elite, which rules for its own advantage – and the rest.

By Alex Morton | 21 March 2019 | 91 comments

James Frayne: The angry stereotype of Leave voters was false – but blocking Brexit risks making it true

Last week’s Question Time audience in Derby delivered a warning shot when they cheered the prospect of No Deal.

By James Frayne | 22 January 2019 | 210 comments

“For mighty dread had seized their troubled mind”

Unlike the angel, we’re unable to announce tidings of great joy. But it’s worth mulling why the Christmas season can pause even Brexit hostilities.

By Paul Goodman | 22 December 2018 | 130 comments

Interview: Lord Bird says homelessness is not just for Christmas, and the death penalty might deter knife crime

The founder of The Big Issue expresses his aversion to liberalism, and his disappointment with the middle class.

By Andrew Gimson | 20 December 2018 | 34 comments

Robert Halfon: Why are white working class boys underachieving in our schools?

Rather than obsess about lack of aspiration, it is the lack of social capital that we should be focusing on.

By Robert Halfon MP | 21 November 2018 | 46 comments

James Frayne: Less affluent, small-c conservatives in Labour-held seats are the key targets for Tory campaigning

By contrast, the potential audience for a reboot of Cameronism is small and far harder to reach.

By James Frayne | 13 November 2018 | 42 comments

Steven Woolfe: To win the working class northern vote, the Conservative Party must change its attitude and tone

The issue lies in the Party’s image and how it communicates with voters, not the actual message.

By Steven Woolfe MEP | 19 June 2018 | 85 comments

Ze’ev Portner: The Conservatives could win over lifelong Labour voters, like me, by championing those trapped on low wages

Middle class Corbynistas are more concerned with the rights of Palestinians than they are with working conditions to be found in an Amazon warehouse in Staffordshire.

By Ze'ev Portner | 13 June 2018 | 50 comments

Connor Short: How we have taken on Labour in Wigan

Instinctively, voters in Leigh will not vote for a candidate that is either from out of town or has a lack of working class attitudes. Sitting in an office does not win any votes here.

By Connor Short | 30 May 2018 | 6 comments

James Frayne: Onward, the new think-tank, is rightly focused on what matters to provincial Britain

It would be easy, but mistaken, to take the path of least resistance and simply re-enact the dated Cameron ‘modernising’ agenda.

By James Frayne | 22 May 2018 | 70 comments

James Frayne: Step one in showing provincial English voters more respect. Clear up this Customs Union mess.

Given that they saved the Party’s bacon, you would expect senior figures to say and do whatever it takes to keep them on side.

By James Frayne | 8 May 2018 | 144 comments

Javid has committed a sin for which the Left will never forgive him: success

The new Home Secretary dually offends the twisted illogic of identity politics, and many of Corbyn’s followers hate him for it.

By Mark Wallace | 1 May 2018 | 127 comments

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