Tag Archives: What Next

2012: The year of Dave?

Posted on Sunday January 1st 2012 by James Dwyer

2011 has been a turbulent year. The eurozone crisis has dominated the political agenda not only in the UK and Europe but worldwide. We’ve seen the death of three dictators, military involvement in Libya, the downgrading of the US economy, … Continue reading →

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Mods, trads and why we’re all Conservatives

Posted on Thursday November 17th 2011 by Fiona Melville

followed by followed by Then  As I wrote in the Conservative Way Forward magazine during the party conference, ‘modernising’ (which is ugly shorthand and not something I would ever talk about in that way directly with voters) is not about … Continue reading →

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Discontent will win the next election

Posted on Monday September 12th 2011 by Fiona Melville

I am not discontent. I am pretty impressed with most departments’ policies (though I wish some would go further, and I wish the government as a whole would get a bit more gutsy on making its case and driving through … Continue reading →

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Stopping the knee-jerk defence of the rich

Posted on Wednesday August 31st 2011 by Edmund Coleridge

I hate the word phrase “wealth creators”. It seems to come from the Republican Party in America which has created this myth of the “wealth creator”. In this myth, the rich constantly think about improving their businesses, investing in worthwhile … Continue reading →

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Making the Conservatives into a movement

Posted on Friday August 26th 2011 by Edmund Coleridge

One of the things that I have found surprising since the General Election is how successful “the left” (accepting what a poor descriptive terms “the left” and “the right” are) have been. I know that the Labour Party is broke, … Continue reading →

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