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Mark my words: We are not living in a land flowing with milk and honey

Standing in for Mark Littlewood, Andrew Allison, Head of Campaigns of Popular Conservatism says that for too long British ministers have been tied up in quangos, recalcitrant civil servants and international treaties, preventing policies upon which they won power happening. That is why our mission is more important than ever: democracy can only be eroded so far before people rightly demand action.

 

  • Mark my words: We are not living in a land flowing with milk and honey

    Standing in for Mark Littlewood, Andrew Allison, Head of Campaigns of Popular Conservatism says that for too long British ministers have been tied up in quangos, recalcitrant civil servants and international treaties, preventing policies upon which they won power happening. That is why our mission is more important than ever: democracy can only be eroded so far before people rightly demand action.

     

  • Merger mania

    Starmer and Davey - separated at birth?

  • Mark my words: Is there a pathway to recovery?

    "I don’t know who has the harder task in building their way back to success – Manchester United or the Conservatives. Both look like they have a very long way to go."

    Read the latest column from Mark Littlewood, Director of Popular Conservatism. 

     

  • Mark my words: Mission Impossible?

    "To cut through to the public in Britain’s increasingly multi-party system, it’s not enough to simply think things and say things. You need to do things too."

    Read the latest column from Mark Littlewood, Director of Popular Conservatism. 

     

  • Beating around the Bush

    Our scribe engages in some blue on red animus with a fellow hack

  • Mark my words: Heat and light – we need both

    In his latest column, Mark Littlewood, Director of Popular Conservatism, argues that there are opportunities for Kemi and the Conservatives to improve the way the party’s narrative is communicated if they can pivot from being a policy-driven Parliamentary outfit into more of a story-driven campaigning operation.

     

  • Gates of Hell

    Our writer complains that the great UK-EU reset can’t even deliver the one thing he wants

     

  • Mark my words: Are we in the last stages of a political realignment?

    In his latest column, Mark Littlewood, Director of Popular Conservatism, argues that given the new political compass which now prevails in Britain, both Labour and the Conservatives face the same basic choice – change or die.

     

  • Coalition of the unwilling

    Our columnist is dreaming of Deutschland

  • Eats, shoots and Reeves

    Our hack is not amused by the Chancellor's latest calamitous policy

  • Immigration Nation

    Our scribe wonders what Starmer is up to in his new White Paper

  • Mark my words: Momentum (or the lack of it?)

    In his latest column, Mark Littlewood, Director of Popular Conservatism, says that the Conservative Party doesn’t have a great deal of time to dust itself down and get back on its feet. It’s not just a matter of “more hard graft” to achieve this. A whole new strategy will have to be developed and rapidly implemented.