Political popularity appears to be broad and sustained but, when eventually it is exhausted, the falling away of support is dramatic.
We know how difficult it was to lose millions of manufacturing jobs – let us beware of inadvertently accelerating the same process for services jobs.
We would invite Lord Herbert to meet some of the women’s groups, parents, gay and lesbian people, and sportswomen whose views differ from his.
The further the act of leaving the EU recedes, the more 2019’s Tory voters will move on – as two recent by-elections reminded us.
The issue deeply affects hundreds of thousands of people a year, across every constituency, every local authority, every city and town.
We need specific, ring-fenced funding for them – which we on the Women and Equalities committee have been calling for.
Upper class professionals are imposing their preference for formal settings – bringing the trade-off of higher prices and fewer affordable providers.
It has a much bigger effect on outcomes than race, but the commissioners fail to acknowledge the importance of marriage in countering it.
Extreme gender ideology undermines cultural norms, scientific reality, the connection between motherhood and children, parental rights, and free speech.
We’re about to find out whether the Commission’s work marks a turning-point for the zeitgiest, policy – and attitudes to the Tories.
Surely it is far better to invest in helping parents and children than to spend money picking up the pieces.
In the wake of International Women’s Day, the fourth article in a five-piece series on ConservativeHome this week.
It’s welcome that we’re investing much more in services. But we need to tackle the causes too.
Operators can’t verify gestational age over the phone. The current system risks serious complications and coercion from abusive partners too.
Ministers should grasp the nettle on living standards, reform childcare and encourage employers to help family life.