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Richard Tice

Hope for Reform UK?

(Photograph: Derek Bennett, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons) Unlike the Tory and Labour pilgrimages up north, last Saturday’s Reform UK Party Conference was held closer to Westminster, at London’s prestigious Hilton Metropole. While the British media did not appear particularly interested, the turnout was certainly more enthusiastic than the Conservative sojourn in Manchester,

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Angela Rayner

Labour’s Misogyny Hypocrisy

(Photograph: David Woolfall, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons) Apart from its decade-long love affair with Tony Blair, the British electorate hasn’t allowed the Labour Party anywhere near its boudoir for the best part of half a century. It’s been a feature of successive Labour Party Conferences to promise the moon and stars—safe in

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Smoking

Sunak Blowing Smoke

You can tell everything about the state of a political party by its autumn party conference. For the Conservatives, last week’s shindig held at Manchester’s Central Convention Complex had all the energy of an autopsy. If Rishi Sunak was hoping for a favourable eulogy however, he was to be disappointed. As you’d expect when you’re

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Rishi Sunak

Conked Out Conservatives

Things are not looking good for the Conservatives. Every day it appears, they give  themselves a lower chance of pulling through at next year’s general election. When Rishi Sunak was elected leader of the Conservative Party back in 2022, he had five key priorities on his mind: to halve inflation; grow the economy; reduce national

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Suella Braverman

Tories Suddenly Tough on Immigration?

Immigration (particularly the illegal variety) is unquestionably the fundamental issue facing the West at this point in political history. Whatever side of the fence you sit on, you know that tough talk promising a crackdown on illegals, or compassionate noises about human rights is what translates into votes come election time. During a recent address to the American Enterprise Institute, a centre-right think tank in Washington DC, UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman certainly set out her stall early

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Keir Starmer

Starmer in Store

The year is 2033, and the United Kingdom basks in the unmistakable glow of a decade-long Labour government. Britain has yet to fully leave the European Union, but is getting really bloody close to a deal for full, ‘non-member’ membership. Realignment with Europe has come surprisingly cheap. Thanks to the unique negotiating skills of Diane

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