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Dan James Smith: Starmer is leaving a trans Trojan Horse for his successors
7+ hour, 13+ min ago (378+ words) Dan James Smith is a communications and branding expert, and a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and the Institute of Internal Communication (Io IC). He is also trustee of LGB Alliance, the UK's only charity dedicated solely to the rights…...
Andy Street: The country doesn't want to be misled it wants to be levelled with - so tackle the triple lock
11+ hour, 13+ min ago (276+ words) Andy Street is Co-Chair of Prosper UK, served as the first Mayor of the West Midlands, and was formerly Managing Director of John Lewis. One of the reasons I set up Prosper UK this year, with Ruth Davidson and the…...
Andrew Murrison: No Sir, THIS is your country!
15+ hour, 53+ min ago (389+ words) Andrew Murrison is a former Minister of State at the FCO, DFID and FCDO. Robbins was right about the FCDO: It is not fit for purpose. If you doubt it, take a look at the Chagos debacle. What can possibly…...
Liam Bones: We need to welcome back any Reform voters who left us but shut the door hard on defectors
16+ hour, 3+ min ago (530+ words) Liam Bones councillor in North Tyneside, sit on the LGA Conservative Group Executive, and serve on the Conservative Councillors" Association Board. The Makerfield result alone told us something many activists on the ground have suspected for weeks: Reform have already…...
Katie Lam: The shabby Government ambiguity that lets Shabir, a child rapist, free to stay in the UK
15+ hour, 43+ min ago (647+ words) Katie Lam is a shadow Home Office minister and MP for Weald of Kent. Earlier this week, I asked the Government whether they'd deport Shabir Ahmed, the ringleader of the Rochdale grooming gang who is now back on the streets....
'Desperate', 'cowardly' and 'like a toddler' - what do MPs make of Farage's resignation?
15+ hour, 9+ min ago (301+ words) The decision follows a flurry of financial controversies surrounding Reform UK's leader that have been building for weeks. It began with a "5 million gift, followed by hundreds of thousands of pounds paid to him as a Gold ambassador. Then came…...
Andrew Gilligan: This big devolution idea, Andy? Try it but it could work well for the right, not you
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (381+ words) You know what? Andy Burnham's plan to devolve power could do some good, if it genuinely did devolve power. If the mayor of Boondockshire could slash employers' National Insurance and the minimum wage in his area, dump Angela Rayner's new…...
The rules seem not to rule at all anymore - but is that ok?
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (1198+ words) I confess in the last seventy two hours I have watched a lot of shaky defence when under pressure, devastating strikes that can rattle a side, and to top it all a lot of argy-bargy about rules, and how breaking…...
David Willetts: Manchesterism has it's merits and we shouldn't just discount them
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (429+ words) David Willetts is a member of the House of Lords. One very important feature of Britain's growth problem is the weak performance of our twin second cities " Manchester and Birmingham. Their economic performance is much further behind the capital than…...
David Rogers: It is possible to deliver new homes and retain the character of our villages
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (627+ words) Cllr David Rogers is the Deputy Leader of the Conservative Group on Cherwell District Council. There is a certain irony in discovering that life becomes considerably less stressful the moment you stop sitting on a planning committee. As a repentant…...