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Steve Harden: Education without enforcement is failing our streets
19+ min ago (526+ words) Cllr Steve Harden is the Shadow Cabinet Member for Environmental Services on Rushmoor Borough Council. Where should councils draw the line between education and enforcement in our communities? Education has an important role to play, but without enforcement it is…...
Aaron Jacob: We must confront declining rates of home ownership, for across the generations
2+ hour, 20+ min ago (320+ words) Aaron Jacob is a solicitor, and former district councillor. He was the Conservative candidate for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough in 2024. Home ownership in the UK is the dream that is slipping through the fingers of millions. I have previously shared…...
Jake Waterfield: A Conservative case for cleaning up the House of Lords in the wake of Mandelson
4+ hour, 35+ min ago (510+ words) Jake Waterfield is a young finance professional in London. He ran the 2025 London marathon to raise money for St Bartholomew's Hospital who saved his life in 2024." The Mandelson scandal has not created a crisis in the House of Lords " it…...
Thank you, Henry
5+ hour, 37+ min ago (326+ words) Henry leaves ConservativeHome with our gratitude and our very best wishes for the future. The post Thank you, Henry appeared first on Conservative Home. I am writing today not just to let you know " as he himself has done in…...
Newslinks for Thursday 19th February 2026
6+ hour, 26+ min ago (557+ words) Trump 'prepares for Iran strikes' and warns Starmer not to give away Chagos Islands | Starmer "not being honest" on defence spending, say ex-military chiefs | Tech firms must remove "revenge porn" in 48 hours, warns PM | Attacks on Romeo "driven by misogynistic…...
And in case I don't see you...
8+ hour, 19+ min ago (392+ words) This will be my last ToryDiary. It's fair enough, really " one can only write so often about how the Conservative Party is barely in the newspapers before the question of how many full-time journalists are really needed to cover its…...
Bob Seely: Putin's poison is a mixture of message and menace, which is why he likes using it
8+ hour, 49+ min ago (355+ words) Dr Robert Seely MBE is author of "The New Total War, ConservativeHome foreign affairs columnist and a former Conservative MP." What makes a man want to assassinate an enemy with the poison from an obscure, jungle frog " especially when your…...
Matthew Jeffery: Law, order, and doubt - Why the Lucy Letby case should give Conservatives pause
9+ hour ago (1113+ words) Matthew Jeffery is one of Britain's most experienced global talent and recruitment leaders, with more than 25 years advising boards and C-suite executives on workforce strategy, skills, and productivity. As Conservatives, we are instinctively and unapologetically on the side of law…...
Seb James: A new councillor’s view on Reform-led Worcestershire
9+ hour, 10+ min ago (502+ words) Cllr Seb James is a councillor for Bowbrook Ward on Worcestershire County Council. When I was elected to Worcestershire County Council in May 2025, I arrived hopeful that good-faith scrutiny, honest numbers, and pragmatic compromise would carry the day. Worcestershire had…...
Alexandra Vivona: The fear and loathing in Gorton and Denton
1+ day, 19+ min ago (1166+ words) Alexandra Vivona is a family lawyer based in London. She is a grassroots activist and comments on US and British politics. Electoral Calculus claims this seat might even fall to Reform, projecting them at 32 per cent to Labour's 22.6 per cent…...