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Burnham’s back-door plan for the EU

Standing in for PopCon Director, Mark Littlewood, our Head of Campaigns, Andrew Allison, looks back at Andy Burnham's speech to the Labour Party Conference. 

 

  • Burnham’s back-door plan for the EU

    Standing in for PopCon Director, Mark Littlewood, our Head of Campaigns, Andrew Allison, looks back at Andy Burnham's speech to the Labour Party Conference. 

     

  • Mark my words: Crossover or an unbridgeable split?

    In his latest column, Mark Littlewood argues that it would be reckless for anyone to close down – or even narrow – any pathway to a right-of-centre victory.

     

  • Mark my words: The state wants to control the news...

    In his latest column, PopCon Director, Mark LIttlewood, looks at the changing media landscape and how political parties, think tanks, campaign organisations, and pressure groups who realise that the new world of online broad/narrowcasting is now the most viable way of presenting their case will be those that win the battle of ideas.

     

  • Mark my words: Is it Reform v The Blob?

    In his latest column, PopCon Director, Mark Littlewood, takes a look at the latest spotlight on Reform UK. "Reform are learning the hard way the price to be paid for being the frontrunners. Media coverage has definitively shifted from curiosity to endless scrutiny."

     

  • Andrew Asserts: EHRC Demands Risk Fueling the Migrant Crisis

    Andrew Allison, Head of Campaigns, talks about the latest intervention by the Equality and Human Rights Commission. 

     

  • Why The Tories Failed (And How To Fix It)

    PopCon Director, Mark Littlewood, addressed a lunch organised by Wokingham Conservatives on Friday 21st August 2026.  We have published an audio recording of his speech and a transcript of it. 

     

     

  • Mark my words: Welcome to Gas Lit Britain

    "Stating the truth as you see it now requires not only clear-sightedness but often a considerable amount of courage too. That is a dark place for Britain to find itself in." READ Mark Littlewood's latest column. 

     

  • Mark my words: CLACTON - What was it really all about?

    "Over recent decades, power has drained away from Parliament and been seized by a range of “independent” bodies (or quangos) and by an increasingly politicised legal system." READ the latest column by PopCon Director, Mark Littlewood. 

     

  • Mark my words: How big a tent do we need on the right?

    In his latest column, PopCon Director, Mark Littlewood, looks at Joshua Bonehill-Paine, a former neo-nazi who has since turned his life around, and who was selected as a Conservative council candidate, but withdrew under pressure. 

     

  • Mark my words: Why Andy Burnham’s "Manchesterism" won't fix a broken Britain

    In his latest column, PopCon Director, Mark Littlewood, reflects on the first two weeks of Andy Burnham's Premiership. 'The dividing line in British politics is no longer left versus right but “stick with the system” versus “reset it”. Those of a conservative mindset need to unite in the latter camp.'

     

  • Mark my words: Kremlinology in Number 10? Decoding Burnham’s first week

    PopCon Director, Mark Littlewood, writes about Andy Burnham's first week as Prime Minister. 

     

  • Andrew Asserts - Remembering Ann Widdecombe: The Scale of the Crisis

    Andrew Allison, Head of Campaigns (standing in for Mark Littlewood), takes a look at the murder of Ann Widdecombe and the scale of the security crisis facing our elected representatives and spokesmen for political parties.