2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (653+ words) Georgia L Gilholy is a journalist. Today, Brontë’s semi-autobiographical protagonist might simply have been offered death as a remedy for her mental distress. Belgium legalised euthanasia in 2002 for adults suffering from a serious and incurable medical condition causing “constant and…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1222+ words) Sunak at 10: The Last Conservative Prime Minister? by Anthony Seldon and Tom Egerton This book makes one think the better of Rishi Sunak. We are reminded of his high gifts and honourable conduct. Here is a statesman who felt a…...

4+ day, 18+ min ago   (464+ words) Henry Higgins is a Conservative councillor for Hillingdon and founder of Blackridge Planning Insight. Here’s the story we keep telling ourselves: the British public doesn’t trust nuclear power, so government has to move cautiously. It’s not true, and it hasn’t…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1376+ words) “There is a time for every purpose under heaven” Ecclesiastes 3:1 I’ve said it before, but it bears repeating, in the world of political strategy timing is everything. You can have a plan, and god knows we’ve all seen what happens…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (46+ words) Andrew Griffith, Claire Coutinho, and Richard Fuller explain who they are and why they are focused on building a credible and successful economic growth strategy using their combined business experience to do so. The post Meet the new Conservative Economic…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (61+ words) In their first PMQs Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Leader of the Opposition Kemi Badenoch were testing each other and a new dynamic, where despite the plan for less point scoring both tried landing some blows, on tax, defence, and…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (626+ words) Dr Austen Morgan is a barrister at 33 Bedford Row Chambers. His next book is: Bringing Boris Down: the politicisation of the civil service, forthcoming. Having resigned as the MP for the constituency, Nigel Farage won the Clacton byelection on 13 August…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (176+ words) The Former Police and Crime Commissioner and Westminster Councillor says he's a 'fresh face' and that someone not attached to to the previous Government has a better chance to win in the capital The post Festus Akinbusoye enters race to…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (444+ words) Sam Williamson is a writer and a former research intern at the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS). His Substack can be found here. I spent 2024 working for the Get Ahead Programme, finding placements with local employers for students identified as…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (592+ words) Cllr Adrian Pascu-Tulbure is deputy leader of the Conservative opposition in Hammersmith and Fulham Plucking geese is not a core competency often seen on Treasury job descriptions. But every good HMT official would recognise the maxim of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Louis…...