How Kemi Badenoch finally answered the Jenrick question

Tali Fraser

“Although one senior Tory told me “we have known for a while”, it was only the night before her statement that they were “100 per cent sure he [Jenrick] was poised to defect”.”

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Labour is developing a praiseworthy habit – changing its mind

John Redwood

“People voted for change, but not change for the worse. So bring on the u-turns – then we might get going in a positive direction for the changes we actually want want.”

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Jenrick told a lot of people he wasn’t leaving, then Badenoch sacked him anyway because he was

Giles Dilnot

“It’s a palpable blow, and one I once imagined might sink the Tories under the waterline. We’re certainly in turbulent waters as a result.”

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In May, we need to show an alternative to Labour’s fairy tale economics and Reform’s empty populism

Elizabeth Campbell

“Reform will continue to promise the earth with absolutely no plan to deliver it, and Labour will continue to tax, tax, tax.”

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Issue by issue, the scope of British politics is collapsing

Henry Hill

“On the issues which are subject to the strongest pressures of public opinion – pensions, the NHS, taxation, crime, and immigration – the two major parties keep getting squeezed into broadly identical positions.”

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Britain’s next government may be a coalition – here’s how the Tories can use that

Peter Franklin

“The prospect of a hung parliament invites hard questions which the Liberal Democrats have avoided for too long – and any answer will alienate some of their voters.”

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Britain cannot afford a welfare model that writes off tens of thousands of young people

Helen Whately and Lana Hempsall

“The challenge is not that Britain’s young people are unwilling to work, but that too many have been allowed to believe they cannot.”

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Reform’s cunning move in London is the start of a battle for the soul of the city

Owen Matthews

“A competitive, charismatic challenge is now on the table – the question is whether the Tories will rise to it, or once again squander the opportunity.”

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Why won’t British conservatives engage with Orbán?

Miriam Cates

“The squeamishness of our mainstream political right tells us everything we need to know about Britain’s failure to conserve itself.”

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Reform is winning attention. Conservatives must win trust

Simon Minas-Bound

“What training councillors on leadership across parties has taught me about how Conservatives win, or lose, local elections.”

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