Suella Braverman’s luxury hostilities
The Home Secretary will never solve the problems she so feverishly describes.
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Nigel Farage is the real star of the Tory conference
The former Ukip leader may be right to think the Conservatives will follow where he leads.
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Tory conference incoherence is holding the party back
Rishi Sunak and the Conservatives are no longer on the same page.
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The Conservatives are heading where the Republican Party led
Liz Truss and her allies are laying the ground for the radicalisation of the Tories in opposition.
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Jeremy Hunt speaks but who will listen?
The Chancellor’s speech was entirely overshadowed by Liz Truss and HS2.
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Liz Truss shows she’s going nowhere
The rapturous welcome for the former PM was a warning to Rishi Sunak.
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Why is Rishi Sunak so isolated?
At Conservative Party conference, the Prime Minister is lost between the factions.
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Preparing for a fight at Tory conference
Also this week: getting lost in Westminster and teenage regressions.
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The first reactionary
Edmund Burke may be the Conservatives’ philosopher king – but his thinking was more fickle than Tories seem to realise.
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Is there a future for moderates in the Conservative Party?
The Tories are turning on themselves even before a general election is called.
Inside the Conservative party’s radical right
At two recent conferences, the Tories’ faded past and dark future were on display.
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Who voted for this? Truss’s “anti-growth” attacks are uniting the green movement
It’s not just Greenpeace and Extinction Rebellion who are opposed to aggressive deregulation and growth at any cost.
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The Tories are trapped – what can they possibly do now?
MPs have overwhelmingly concluded that Liz Truss is not up to it, but there is no consensus about who should…
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The problem with Liz Truss’s attack on the “anti-growth coalition”
Growth is about whether people feel they have more money – and voters think Labour is the best party to…
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Liz Truss speaks for 36 minutes, the shortest conference address in recent history
The Prime Minister’s speech was less than two-thirds of the average length.
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Suella Braverman dreams of a flight to Rwanda because it could never come true
The UN has suggested the government deportation plan is illegal – and it’s being challenged in the High Court.
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Liz Truss’s strident rhetoric cannot disguise her political weakness
The Prime Minister’s speech cheered Tory activists but her problem is the rebel MPs awaiting her at parliament.
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Liz Truss wants to govern a country that does not exist
The Prime Minister’s ideology blinds her to reality: Britain wants stability, not free-market revolution.
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Will Tanner’s Diary: Conservative conference blues, Michael Gove on manoeuvres, and the joys of insomnia
The vibe among the MPs in Birmingham (many stayed away) is not conspiratorial – yet. But everyone is on edge.
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The Conservatives’ Birmingham conference: more Speaky Blunders than Peaky Blinders
Your weekly dose of political gossip.
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