There are two reasons not to take this route if one has a strong party preference. One comes from the head, the other from the heart.
Demagogic attacks by UKIP and the SNP on the Conservatives and Labour are inspired by an unacknowledged and unrealistic egalitarianism.
The Prime Minister did not mishandle Scotland’s referendum.
TV coverage, Muslim demographics and electoral pressure are helping to move the balance of opinion.
Alistair Burt is Member of Parliament for North East Bedfordshire and Minister for Counter Proliferation at the Foreign Office. Within the last couple of hours, the UN has overwhelmingly adopted a Resolution bringing into effect an Arms Trade Treaty. It is a significant moment which deserves note. Every minute of the day someone, somewhere – […]
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Alistair Burt is Member of Parliament for North East Bedfordshire and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Middle East, Foreign and Commonwealth Office. As Syria’s tragedy endures another new year, there will be renewed focus on what prospects there might be that by the end of 2013 there will have been some relief to […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. Conservative Friends of Israel is an influential affiliate group of the Conservative Party which contains perhaps the largest number of Conservative MPs of any group in Parliament. It exists to promote understanding of and support for the State of Israel in the Conservative Party, and its membership reaches the […]
Progress has been made, but a narrow focus prevents the area flourishing as a popular Conservative principle.