Conference needs to value Conservative Party members

Posted on Saturday May 19th 2012 by Nick Denys

I have just booked my pass for the Conservative Party conference. Last year there was some controversy around how few real-life members attended, with the majority of events being run and packed out with public affairs professionals. I remember one … Continue reading →

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Tory Modernisation Needs To Be Updated, Not Abandoned

Posted on Friday May 18th 2012 by David Skelton

Tory modernisation is again being questioned. Some Tory MPs and commentators are reacting to the poor local election results and consistently bad polling evidence by complaining about the Liberal tail wagging the Tory dog. But the truth is that most … Continue reading →

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Democracy and the EU: How should they be related?

Posted on Tuesday May 15th 2012 by Fiona Melville

I spent part of last week in Brussels, pondering variously legitimacy, legislation, accountability and The Project itself. One overall theme stands out in each of these areas: namely, that no-one seems to quite know what to do. I’m only going … Continue reading →

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Is it time for a Conservative Equality Bill?

Posted on Monday May 14th 2012 by Fiona Melville

Equal marriage. Parental leave. Marriage tax bonus. Adoption. Flexible working.  Childcare. These are all in or around the news recently, and are all contentious in their various ways. Rather than arguing the individual cases, I wonder if it might not … Continue reading →

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Ed Miliband is onto something about political parties

Posted on Sunday May 13th 2012 by Nick Denys

Ed Miliband’s speech to the Progress Conference is worth closer consideration. He seems to get that the story of the local elections was that the majority of peoples’ rejected democracy as being able to improve their lives. “In the old … Continue reading →

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