Andrea Gee is Office Manager to Paul Masterton MP and a candidate in Scotland for the European Parliament. My family and friends think I’m mad. “Why stand in an election no one wants?”, they say, “if you want to deliver Brexit, why not stand for the Brexit Party?”...
These Tory leadership candidates haven’t grasped the scale of the collapse of confidence in their party
James Frayne is Director of Public First and author of Meet the People, a guide to moving public opinion. Can Theresa May now secure public support for a deal, or will the public now reject anything that comes out from Number 10? Have the Conservatives effectively...
Newslinks for Tuesday 14th May 2019
Brady, nine former Cabinet Ministers and four ex-Ministers unite to write to May and say: don’t concede to Corbyn on customs – or you’ll split the Party “Thirteen of Mrs May’s former cabinet colleagues as well as Sir Graham Brady, chairman of...
A general election would be vastly preferable to another EU referendum
“You can’t change the rules in the middle of the game.” That cry is often heard in playgrounds when the losing side attempts, by springing some outrageous change in the rules on its opponents, to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. The call for...
Henry Newman: The Tory poll collapse is nothing to do with May’s Withdrawal Agreement. MPs should vote for it – and deliver Brexit
Henry Newman is Director of Open Europe. Some would have us believe that the reason that the Conservatives are doing so badly in the polls is Theresa May’s Brexit deal. In fact, its precipitous decline coincided not with the advent of the Prime Minister’s deal, but...
Mohammed Amin: How the Conservative Party should fix its Muslim problem
Mohammed Amin MBE is Chairman of the Conservative Muslim Forum and Co-Chair of the Muslim Jewish Forum of Greater Manchester. He is writing in a personal capacity. About 30 years ago, Perrier discovered that it was selling mineral water contaminated with benzene. The...
Judy Terry: Suffolk is no longer a safe haven for the Conservatives
Judy Terry is a marketing professional and a former local councillor in Suffolk. Conservatives are supposed to be the party of competence, effective fiscal management and delivering on clear manifesto commitments. So, the frustration at the leadership vacuum in...
Rosenstein: Comey ‘Seems to Be Acting as a Partisan Pundit’
During a speech on Monday, former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein stated former FBI Director James Comey “seems to be acting as a partisan pundit,” and criticized Comey for “speculating about the strength of my character and the fate of my immortal soul.” While...
Report: Amazon Rolls Out Box Packing Robots to Replace Workers
According to a recently published report, tech giant Amazon has unveiled new machines to automate a job that employs thousands — boxing up Amazon orders. A new report from Reuters alleges that Amazon has begun including new technology in a number of warehouses in...
Dow Drops More Than 600 Points After China Hits Back with Tariff Hike
The U.S. stock market saw one of its worst day of the year Monday after China announced a new round of tariff hikes, raising fears that a tit-for-tat trade war could hurt earnings at some of the largest companies in the U.S. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 617...
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