A year ago Israel suffered a national trauma. Don’t underestimate how deep.
Giles Dilnot
“People can try to brush out what happened a year ago but deep in Israeli society it won’t wash. It really was a national trauma, and it really was as bad as Hamas terrorists wanted it to look.”
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Cleverly overtakes Jenrick in our post-conference leadership survey
Henry Hill
“The Shadow Foreign Secretary has stormed ahead to take second place on members’ preferences – and for the first time sees off his former Home Office colleague in the head-to-heads.”
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“The most sophisticated electorate in the world”
William Atkinson
“Both candidates have their distinctive analyses and prescriptions. Both offer more than the affable management of decline. A choice, not an echo.”
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Good King Boris tells the story of his downfall, and plainly hopes for a comeback
Andrew Gimson
“Johnson may not be as amusing as Disraeli, but he is without doubt the funniest and most literate PM since Macmillan.”
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Harry Phibbs
“While running a full slate of candidates there can still be a nudge and a wink.”
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Making the centre work – how No.10 operates best is set by a PM
David Willetts
“Different Prime Ministers have their own ways of discharging their heavy responsibilities. It is rather like different actors with a wide variety of interpretations of a great Shakespearean role.”
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When they vote today, growth should be foremost in the minds of Conservative MPs
Daniel Hannan
“If you’re a Tory MP agonising how to vote today, ask yourself one question. Which candidate will convince voters that the Conservatives are serious about growth?”
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To get back in contention Conservatives need to understand how they lost and who they lost
Gavin Rice
“This is an existential moment for the Conservative Party – it has no automatic right to exist. It could be game over if the wrong decisions are taken, but there is also a clear route back.”
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Labour are doing workers’ rights all wrong
Sarah Kuszynski
“If Labour continues to pursue ill-thought-through changes to employment rights, their new deal for working people risks becoming a bad deal – one which harms the workers it is designed to help.”
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Slow progress in decarbonising council housing stock shows the 2050 net zero target is a farce
Harry Phibbs
“Many councils do not even know how much the work would cost. Progress in meeting the requirement varies from derisory to non-existent.”
