Too many bad ideas see the light of day, when they should be killed off unceremoniously.
David Skelton is a former Deputy Director of Policy Exchange. He is now establishing a campaign group aimed at broadening Conservative appeal, which will launch in July. Follow David on Twitter. Take a look at the electoral map for the big Tory landslides since 1945 – whether it be Eden’s in 1955, Macmillan’s in 1959 or […]
Elizabeth Oldfield is Director of Theos Think Tank. Follow Elizabeth on Twitter. The religious landscape of the UK has changed and is changing, but not exactly in the ways we expected it to. 15 years ago, the “secularisation thesis” which argued that industrialised societies would also inevitably be increasingly secularised was still, in the public […]
Max Chambers is Head of Crime and Justice at Policy Exchange. “Britain’s on the right track, don’t turn back”. When George Osborne invoked Margaret Thatcher’s 1983 campaign slogan last year, it was the clearest message about what is set to be the Conservatives’ overarching campaign message at the next general election. But even if green shoots […]
Sunder Katwala is the Director of British Future. Follow Sunder on Twitter. The challenge of change Talk to backbench MPs across the party divide and a common theme emerges: a pessimism shared across the red and blue tribes that their party will secure a majority government at the next General Election. The energy is with […]
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. Lower earners are being hit by rising energy costs, as are those who aren't earning at all – such as retired people on modest incomes whose savings are getting little return. Unemployment carries a heavy human cost with it, especially in times of low growth and diminished opportunity. But […]
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter. David Cameron told Conservative MPs in the aftermath of the disastrous Tory Commons split over the Same-Sex Marriage Bill that the row would be forgotten by 2015. The Prime Minister had a point, in that very few people will allow gay marriage to decide their vote in two years' […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter A quick blog to conclude this ConHome series on 'the little guy'. There has been some debate in threads and on Twitter as to whether we've got the name right for describing a Conservatism that demonstrates solidarity with those in society who may lack money, power, opportunity, fair treatment […]