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@davidgauke.bsky.social

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Recovering politician, writes columns, editor of The Case For The Centre Right.

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@davidgauke.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 7:30 AM

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...

@davidgauke.bsky.socialSep 28, 2026, 6:32 AM

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...

@davidgauke.bsky.socialSep 14, 2026, 7:24 AMReposted by @davidgauke.bsky.social

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...

@davidgauke.bsky.socialSep 14, 2026, 7:24 AM

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...

@davidgauke.bsky.socialAug 31, 2026, 7:24 AM

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...

@davidgauke.bsky.socialJul 29, 2026, 10:07 AM

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...

arguably.ukBritain is in denial on the prisons crisisBurnham’s decision to pause early releases is good politics but bad policy
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@davidgauke.bsky.socialJul 20, 2026, 6:44 AM

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...

conservativehome.comDavid Gauke: Getting the blame game wrong - you purge if you want to but it's lazy who they are purging | Conservative HomeLook at the drivers of the decline of the Conservatives’ popularity: there was always likely to be a moment when Johnson’s lack of integrity was likely to cause a political crisis; there was always li...
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