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The Church eyes up the Big Society

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, believes we are at a watershed moment in politics. The Big Society agenda is bringing to the fore the debate around how best to facilitate social good. For Williams, at the heart of this … Continue reading

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Tim Yeo: Green gold, and why we need to raise our game on climate change

David Cameron put climate change at the heart of his campaign to transform and modernise the Conservative Party. I don’t doubt his personal commitment or that of many other Ministers and MPs. However the same cannot be said for the … Continue reading

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The Future of Conservative Thinking is Doing

Last Thursday the Institute for Government hosted a discussion entitled “The Future of Conservative Thinking”. The heavyweight panel consisted of Nick Boles MP (a member of Cameron’s inner circle), Phillip Blond (Director of Respublica), James Forsyth (Deputy Editor of the … Continue reading

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Are some Lib Dems playing into Labour’s hands?

I recently wrote about the possibility that having a Coalition government could in fact undermine the ultimate proof that the Conservative party has changed – in other words, that people would think that the Lib Dems were the ones doing … Continue reading

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Could the coalition actually set back the modernising cause?

I am a huge supporter of the Coalition. I think it has enormous potential to achieve great things. I think it should last the full five years, and I think it will radically change our society for the better. So … Continue reading

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