Plus: the four things Labour must do to get back into the game.
Our politicians have left a rhetorical vacuum into which nationalist politicians – Salmond and Farage – have moved.
Leftwing extremists have waged a relentless campaign to spread their insane ideas throughout the state education system
Call came from Conservative councillor whose grandfather came to Bolton from India
“We want to see Scotland stay in our family of nations later this year.”
Here are three points on which I differ from his view.
By Andrew GimsonFollow Andrew on Twitter Conservatives have somehow lost what should be the natural and instinctive art of appealing to our patriotism. Edmund Burke was not so inhibited. As he says in a famous passage in his Reflections on the French Revolution: "To be attached to the subdivision, to love the little platoon we belong […]
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter Amid all the bother about immigration and Boris and Cyprus, it’s worth keeping an eye out for the report being released by the McKay Commission today. This independent commission was set up last year, with Government backing, to look into the question of… “How the House of Commons might deal […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. David Cameron's speech to the Council of Europe today sought to make the case for reform of the European Court of Human Rights. The ECHR, Mr Cameron said, has become too active in meddling with the affairs of national governments – behaviour which is now undermining not just the […]
By Joseph Willits Follow Joseph on Twitter With the release of 'The Iron Lady' last Friday, political commentary has focused on feminism, and women in politics a great deal. This morning in a Telegraph blog, Cristina Odone discusses the superiority of Tory feminism. She writes: "Blue feminists don’t go in for the tokenism their red counterparts support. They […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. Ahead of the Commons vote (which Number 10 claims will attract 85 votes for a referendum), David Cameron has written for the London Evening Standard this afternoon, setting out his reasons for opposing a referendum on our relationship with the European Union. Firstly, the Prime Minister focuses on the […]
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter. Some of the 'Britain is Great' posters. Others celebrate Britain's universities. David Cameron sees global salesmanship as one of his most important roles. Earlier this year he defended the way he takes businesspeople on his international trips. "Do you think," he asked, "the Germans and the French and the […]
This year’s Conservative Future Christmas social action project is seeing activists sending packs of supplies, food and presents to our troops overseas in Iraq and Afghanistan – and all ConservativeHome readers have been invited to get involved. It’s a fantastic way of bringing some festive cheer to the troops serving our country overseas and Anastasia […]
Brown’s latest attempt to prove his Britishness is revealed in today’s Daily Mail: "Every school and public building in the country will be emblazoned with a new "national motto" under Gordon Brown’s drive to encourage patriotism and Britishness… Members of the public will be asked to come up with five or six-word slogans, perhaps based […]
I strongly believe that patriotism is the best approach to achieving social cohesion across what has become a broadly diverse nation.