It’s not the end of the world – but you can see it from here
Henry Hill
“None of those conditions are altered the slightest bit by a change of government. The snare was drawn as tight when Starmer entered Downing Street as when Sunak left it, and now it’s Labour’s turn to thrash in it.”
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Giles Dilnot
“The role itself was created in the wake of an election defeat and every candidate in this race has argued firmly and consistently that the Party’s structures and procedures need to change.”
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Harry Phibbs
“Could we not have demolished the hideous tower by now? Could we not have built a crescent of beautiful, safe homes on the site? Of course, including a dignified memorial stone to the victims.”
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Coaxing the Tory phoenix from the ashes will require more than just empowering the grassroots
William Atkinson
“Without a mass movement behind it, the Conservative Party struggles to disseminate its ideas, ambitions, and donkey work amongst the general electorate.”
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This contest is about choosing a leader of the opposition, not a prime minister
Daniel Hannan
“If they don’t succeed in that role, who cares whether they would reverse VAT on school fees or pull out of the ECHR.”
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For Thatcher, balancing the books was more important than cutting taxes
David Willetts
“She saw it as ultimately a moral argument that it was wrong to live beyond one’s means.”
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‘Fair prices’ are a trap, and Starmer looks set to march straight into it
David Gauke
“Demand for tickets vastly exceeded supply. A scarce resource has to be allocated one way or another which will always leave some people disappointed.”
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If the job is opposition, MPs should pick their battles and use select committees to fight them
Alexander Baker
“In a Labour-dominated Commons, a group of chairs working together could force Starmer to actively defend his high-tax, cumbersome regulatory agenda.”
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On Labour’s handling of prisons, Tory leadership hopefuls should be very careful whom they blame
Ian Acheson
“It won’t matter that he was gifted this hospital pass by the Tories – but does the abject state of our penal system have any relevance to the leadership contenders of a party that has trashed its reputation on law and order?”
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Labour’s education policy puts the unions first, and parents and pupils last
David Johnston
“Knowing what else the unions want should serve as a good guide to what other moves we’ll see from this Government in education – almost all of them bad.”
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