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Tory MPs are forgetting Britain

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William Atkinson

Notes on... / The conservatism of Thomas the Tank Engine

yesterday 8

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Are the Tories mad enough to bring back Boris Johnson?

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Kemi Badenoch must quit now to save the Conservative Party

LONDON, ENGLAND – APRIL 1: Conservative Party Leader, Kemi Badenoch MP is seen during a press conference on Labour’s Jobs Tax at Conservative...

tuesday 10

City A.M.

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Badenoch is leading the Tories off a cliff

Badenoch is leading the Tories off a cliff
03.05.2025 3

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Kemi Badenoch / Where might Reform and the Lib Dems hurt the Tories at the local elections?

Kemi Badenoch /					 													 						Where might Reform and the Lib Dems hurt the Tories at the local elections?
30.04.2025 8

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What Vance understands about Suez

15.04.2025 3

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Amanda Spielman’s peerage is richly deserved

29.03.2025 10

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Cambridge must stop whining about the Boat Race rule changes

22.03.2025 10

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Who will be Labour’s next John Prescott?

REDCAR, ENGLAND – MAY 1: Former Deputy Leader of the Labour Party and Deputy Prime Minister, Lord John Prescott poses with boxing gloves on as he...

25.11.2024 3

City A.M.

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Kemi Badenoch is no philosopher-queen

12.11.2024 4

New Statesman

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Renew / Badenoch must explain why the Tories deserve power

Kemi Badenoch’s victory was not overwhelming. Her margin of victory was smaller than of any of her Tory predecessors since the current leadership...

02.11.2024 5

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Is Kemi Badenoch scared of Robert Jenrick?

Is Kemi Badenoch running scared? It’s not an accusation often levelled at the shadow housing secretary, who is usually criticised for being too...

14.10.2024 2

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William Atkinson

Who came out on top at Conservative Party Conference?

BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 2: (L-R) Conservative leadership contenders Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick, James Cleverly and Tom Tugendhat...

03.10.2024 2

City A.M.

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The Conservative Party has forgotten its own history

05.09.2024 2

New Statesman

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Why Priti Patel will struggle to win the trust of Tory members

Jonathan Gullis is a happy man. ‘Good news!’ the ex-Tory MP for Stoke-on-Trent North wrote following reports that Priti Patel, the former Home...

19.07.2024 2

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William Atkinson

London’s nightlife is getting even more embarrassing

In the end, there was little reason why England fans might have wanted to hang around after yesterday’s Euros final, except to bum an Estrella off...

15.07.2024 1

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William Atkinson