Tories must get out of their bubble and listen to business October 2, 2024 To those outside the bubble of true blue believers, Conservative party conference looked deranged. As violence exploded in the Middle East, delegates in Birmingham were battling over novelty merchandise and queuing for selfies with election losers. Fringe events debating the meaning of conservatism were packed while corporate sponsors and business lobbyists were conspicuous by their [...]
Tory leadership race: Robert Jenrick tops ‘PopCon’ poll as favourite to lead party September 18, 2024 Robert Jenrick has topped a Popular Conservatives poll as the favourite to lead the party in the Tory leadership race. The former immigration minister got 38.3 per cent backing from those surveyed, beating rival and former business and trade Kemi Badenoch on 34.9 per cent. It is the fourth so-called ‘PopCon’ poll Jenrick has won, [...]
Election 2024: What are Tories, Labour and Lib Dems pledging on sport? July 3, 2024 With the General Election just a matter of days away, we assess the approach that the major parties have taken when it comes to sport in their respective manifestos and what the potential consequences may be for the future of sport. Football Governance Bill The Football Governance Bill was one of the major legislative casualties [...]
This government is out of ideas, out of energy, and deserves to be out of office July 3, 2024 Our verdict on the General Election: this Conservative party deserves a spell on the sidelines
Shein, trade and tax: Labour and Tories clash on business June 27, 2024 City A.M.'s Charlie Conchie and Jess Frank-Keyes unpick the election business debate between Kemi Badenoch and Jonathan Reynolds.
Cries of a ‘supermajority’ won’t have voters flocking to the Tories June 19, 2024 Voters are not stupid, and rarely appreciate being treated as such. Nor do they like being blamed for something that isn’t their fault. As such, the Conservative party’s vocal warnings about the perils of a Labour ‘supermajority’ do not necessarily strike us as a compelling political narrative. That is not to say that opposition isn’t [...]
Election 2024: Labour will seek mandate for growth with ‘wealth creation’ manifesto June 13, 2024 Keir Starmer will seek a “mandate for economic growth” as he unveils Labour’s election manifesto, pledging to “be the party of wealth creation”.
Send in the clowns… don’t bother, they’re already here June 12, 2024 The PM’s decision to leave the D-Day commemorations early had all the hallmarks of a classic gaffe. Jessica Frank-Keyes takes us through the history of political gaffes and asks why some are more memorable than others
Election 2024: Labour, Tories and Lib Dems to launch manifestos this week June 9, 2024 Labour, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats are all set to launch their general election manifestos this week.
Social media giants in the spotlight as parties throw money at online ads June 5, 2024 Social media companies’ political advertising policies are likely to come under increasing scrutiny as UK political parties throw more money at online ads in the run up to the election, Jess Jones writes