To my mind, once some kind of base fairness has been established, then it’s best to leave cultural transformations down to demand.
Though if May moves Philip Hammond, or seeks to, she is also likely to move Boris Johnson, or try to.
Justified calls for a national government’s overthrow are usually confined to those in which there is a serious threat of tyranny or the breakdown of civil order.
From Spain to Italy to America, parties of organised labour are in trouble. The blue collar base didn’t come out for them – and may not come out for Corbyn either.
The selections in the two Tory-held seats to date have both been won by women; and there is at least one woman on the shortlist of every such seat yet to select.
The free marketeers don’t like all his proposals, and quotas would lower standards. But many of his plans head in the right direction.
Winning electoral battles is not enough. We must win intellectual battles to change history.
For all the Government’s failures, she was making a bold, brave argument. It may offend the zeitgeist within the M25, but it resonates in the bigger Britain.
Tories are at their weakest when they appear short on empathy and seem to limit that vaunted freedom to flourish to a privileged few.
At our Post-Election Conference, UKIP’s only MP was put on the spot, and others were applauded as they outlined great things which can now be achieved.
Record employment is the jewel in the crown of this Government’s five-year term.
Campaign Watch, Blue Guerilla, Pestminster and Publicly Inconvenient – as well as established sites such as ConHome, Guido and Coffee House.
I think a deal on development is actually possible. The two sides are not as far apart as they often seem.