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Tag Archives: Change
What the Queen’s Speech means for modernisers
The next two years are going to be tough for modernisers. The Queen’s Speech was another clear sign that many of the palpable achievements that stem from detoxification are likely to be hushed up rather than championed on the doorstep. … Continue reading
Posted in Party Politics
Tagged 2015, Achievements, Aid, Big Society, Campaigning, Change, communications, Cost of Living, Education, Modernising, Narrative, Queen's Speech, Welfare
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50 word manifestos
Once again, Martin Lewis’ site MoneySavingExpert is running the annual ‘50 word manifesto‘ to encourage people to submit ideas “about little sensible changes that are more easy to implement, to improve the way Government works for consumers or better regulates … Continue reading
Posted in Big Society
Tagged Business, Change, Economy, Localism, Making a Difference, People, Regulation
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Full-spectrum Conservatism
I must confess to finding the whole EU debate rather esoteric and often a bit pointless. By far the most important piece of information we’ve had today – electoral or otherwise – is the encouraging jobs numbers. For the record, … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged 2015, Change, Conservatism, Discipline, Education, EU, Growth, Jobs, Making a Difference, Narrative, NHS, Public services, Referendum, Voters, Welfare
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Conservatives: Past, present and future
I have ongoing discussions about the point of all the various groupings and so on in the various spheres I work in. It’s lovely that we all talk to each other so much but that cannot be the point: the … Continue reading
Posted in Party Politics
Tagged 2015, Change, communications, Delivery, Future, Making a Difference, Modernising, Narrative, Policy, Think tanks
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Lessons for Conservatives from community organising
Back in 2008 Barack Obama made community organising famous, although that didn’t help anybody understand what it was. First of all the bad news: it’s definitely left-wing. The community organising approach does however have important lessons for political campaigning more … Continue reading
Posted in Elections
Tagged Campaigning, Change, Choice, Community, Issues, Making a Difference, Targeting, USA
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