Having offered them sanctuary, we – as a national party, local associations, and individuals – should help the new arrivals to settle in.
Even if he toughs out calls for his resignation, the current scandal is a bitter blow to one of the few stand-out champions of the liberal centre-left.
Voters habitually opt for parties of the Right when times are tough, only to ditch them for the Left once there’s money to spare. But now populists seek to break the cycle.
He became Prime Minister in 2006, improved his position in 2008 and won a majority in 2011. A video series tribute to Conservative government in Canada for almost 10 years.
“As long as I am Prime Minister…Canada will take that stand.”
“What I see is people who are excited about the opportunities and possibilities of the new land they’re in.”
“Tonight’s result is not the one we had hoped for, but the people are never wrong.”
Priti Patel, Alok Sharma, Shailesh Vara – all have played a part in the big push among Indian-origin voters. It needs more money and support.
If we learn the correct lessons, the experience of Canadian Conservatives can guide us in how to heal the Right.
Canada’s 1980 No vote to independence wasn’t the end – it was the start of years of chaos and realignment. Study it closely.
Thanks to Jason Kenney, they started off with low-cost, emotive policies for each community – opening the door for the broader Conservative message.
We suffer today from the short-termist decisions of Tories decades ago. How will we leave a better political inheritance?
In nearly every constituency, if not all of them, the best way to keep Labour out is to vote Conservative.
Hilton is right: Labour’s leader may never be Prime Minister, but he’s re-engaging people in politics. Can the Conservatives really say the same?