Conservative leadership election: why tax cuts are an economic gamble: Shutterstock/dominika zara Always keen to be identified as the party of low taxation, the Conservatives won the 2019 general election on a promise not to raise income tax, VAT or national insurance. So last year’s national insurance increase was bound to rankle, even though it …
Conservative leadership election: why a run-off between Penny Mordaunt and Rishi Sunak is unlikely: RJ N A second round of voting among Conservative MPs has whittled the candidates in the running to replace Boris Johnson as leader down to five. Rishi Sunak, the former chancellor, finished top with the votes of 101 Tory MPs, Penny …
The school Cat Stevens built: how Conservative politicians opposed funding for Muslim schools in England: When Yusuf Islam – the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens – had his first child, he wrote her a song. Her name was Hasanah and the song was a kind of ABC of the Muslim faith: A is for …
Conservative Party: who are the rebels and why do they want Boris Johnson gone?: nui7711 via Shutterstock Boris Johnson rose to power as the Conservative Party’s “Heineken” leader: deemed able to reach parts of the electorate that other Conservatives couldn’t. But fewer than three years after winning a stunning election victory, he now has the …
Boris Johnson: what the result of the confidence vote means for the PM and the Conservative Party: The verdict is in. Boris Johnson retains the confidence of the Conservative Party. For now. Johnson received the votes of 211 out of 359 Tory MPs in support of his leadership, which means that technically he won. But …
Four reasons the UK Conservative Party should be worried about Australia’s recent election result: In their recent election, Australians voted out their incumbent government, a long-standing coalition between two conservative parties. In its place, the Australian Labor Party (ALP) formed a government, despite a declining vote share of 30%. Seats were gained by the Australian …
Boris Johnson polling is now so bad that it makes sense for Conservative MPs to get rid of him: Things just keep getting worse for Boris Johnson. On the same day that one of his MPs defected to the Labour party, former Brexit minister David Davis stood up in parliament to call for Johnson’s resignation. …
Boris Johnson: Sue Gray’s report may prove the final straw for angry Conservative MPs: It’s very rare that a civil servant becomes the focus of public debate and discussion. It’s even rarer for them to find their face splashed on every front page under a headline proclaiming they hold the fate of a prime minister …
Conservative MP rebellion: ‘human rights’ opposition to new COVID measures doesn’t add up: The UK government’s introduction of new restrictions to deal with the “omicron emergency” has prompted backlash from some politicians. When the changes were put to the House of Commons, more than 100 Tory MPs voted against the plans. Several expressed concern over …
Islamophobia in the Conservative party: key points from the inquiry on discrimination: The inquiry into discrimination in the Conservative party has published its report. Led by Professor Swaran Singh, a former commissioner of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), the inquiry looked into complaints of discrimination made to the party between 2015 and 2020. …
Islamophobia in the Labour and Conservative parties: when will this problem be taken seriously?: More than a quarter of Muslim members and supporters of the Labour Party have experienced Islamophobia within the ranks of the party, a report from the Labour Muslim Network (LMN) claims. With some members or supporters being referred to as “terrorists” …
How Japanese research became the centre of a conservative culture war: The Japanese research community is in turmoil. On October 1, after less than three weeks as prime minister, Yoshihide Suga rejected the appointment of six scholars to the governing body of the Science Council of Japan (SCJ) in an unprecedented move. The decision was …
Survey suggests wider public would have preferred Boris Johnson against Michael Gove in Conservative leadership contest: Those eligible to vote in the Conservative leadership contest consist of Conservative MPs and party members. They represent a tiny percentage of the British electorate. This fact has attracted criticism of the present contest given that it involves choosing …
Sajid Javid and the complex life of a Muslim Conservative leadership hopeful: Sajid Javid, the son of Pakistani Muslim immigrants and currently the British home secretary, has positioned himself as the “change” candidate in his bid to become the next leader of the Conservative Party, and de facto prime minister. It’s been a complicated journey …
What we learned from round one of the Conservative leadership contest – in five easy charts: It’s been a long time coming, but finally we have seen the first round of the Conservative Party’s leadership election. Boris Johnson leads the pack with 114 votes – 36.4% of Conservative MPs – with the next placed candidate, …
Why do Conservative Party leadership hopefuls keep piling on to the no-deal Brexit bandwagon?: The House of Commons Public Administration Select Committee published two reports in 2010 and 2011 in which it claimed the UK government had all but lost the capacity to think strategically. The failure of military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and …
Brexit identities: how Leave versus Remain replaced Conservative versus Labour affiliations of British voters: British politics was relatively stable in the post-war decades, and voters’ strong party loyalties were influenced by their place in society. More recently, there has been a marked decline in the number of people identifying with a political party, and in …
The road to Brexit: how euroscepticism tore the Conservative Party apart from within: PA/Stefan Rousseau Theresa May has survived a vote of no confidence in her leadership but to quote the prime minister: “Nothing has changed.” The Conservative Party remains just as divided as it was before. While divisions over Europe have been very prominent …