The political strategy has taken a welcome change in direction but there’s much more to be done to re-establish economic and fiscal credibility. My ConHome verdict on the Conservative Party Conference. conservativehome.com/2026/10/12/d...
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Recovering politician, writes columns, editor of The Case For The Centre Right.
Why the current bidding war on tax cuts is out of touch with fiscal reality. My piece for ConHome.
conservativehome.com/2026/09/28/d...
He might be sitting on two new huge donations, but it’s still plausible that Nigel Farage might walk away from frontline politics. What happens then? My piece for ConHome. conservativehome.com/2026/09/14/d...
He might be sitting on two new huge donations, but it’s still plausible that Nigel Farage might walk away from frontline politics. What happens then? My piece for ConHome. conservativehome.com/2026/09/14/d...
Why stripping the Treasury of responsibility for growth and moving it to No 10 North would be a mistake. My piece for ConHome. conservativehome.com/2026/08/31/d...
Why solving the prison capacity crisis is hard but unavoidable. My piece for Arguably on why there’s no alternative to an early release scheme. www.arguably.uk/p/britain-is...
There are some important lessons to be learnt from the failures of the Conservative government of 2019-2024 but it looks like both Burnham & Badenoch are learning the wrong ones. My ConHome piece on the new government plus “the purge of the wets”. conservativehome.com/2026/07/20/d...
