The return of Boris? Tory voters are looking back to the future conservativehome.com/2025/08/07/the…

Today's Newslinks: Starmer’s tax pledge thrown into chaos / Trump to meet Putin as early as next week conservativehome.com/2025/08/07/new…

From James Yucel 🧢: The Death of Drive. Britain has lost its hunger - we must fight to get it back conservativehome.com/2025/08/07/jam…

Something a little different from me today on the importance of competition for ConservativeHome "If you ain't first, you're last" - Ricky Bobby conservativehome.com/2025/08/07/jam…

🚨We're all creatures of habit, and Tory voters are no different. New Ipsos polling has them wanting Boris back over anyone else if the party changes leader Reform voters prefer Jenrick but there's plenty of affection left for the former PM in Tory ranks conservativehome.com/2025/08/07/the…

This year, Britain will spend £111 billion just on debt interest. That's £111 billion which won't be spent on schools, hospitals or the police. We must be honest about our public finances: we’re racking up huge debts to cover day-to-day spend. I wrote about this for ConservativeHome👇

From Kamran Tahir Balayev: Nothing but proper, visible policing will make London feel safe conservativehome.com/2025/08/07/kam…

From John Hayes: The case for a national right to rehab conservativehome.com/2025/08/07/joh…

From Ross Hutton: How to stop the imminent extinction of the conservative species conservativehome.com/2025/08/07/ros…

From Cllr Ellie Cox Labour thinks a tax is the best form of defence but it is killing aspiration and pushing the successful to leave conservativehome.com/2025/08/08/ell…

From Rt Hon Sir Grant Shapps: Seventy rural seats hold the keys for a Conservative route back to No10 conservativehome.com/2025/08/08/gra…

From Georgia Leigha Gilholy: The BBC must release the Balen report or lose it's license conservativehome.com/2025/08/08/geo…

How to beat Farage conservativehome.com/2025/08/08/how…

Newslinks for Friday 8th August 2025 conservativehome.com/2025/08/08/new…

I am dreading Rachel Reeve’s next budget. When government stops serving the public, and treats hardworking people as cash machines, something has gone badly wrong. Taxing aspiration and success is not a route to growth. It’s the quickest route to disaster. See my article ⬇️

No auction with Farage: Badenoch must be serious: my piece for this morning's ConservativeHome conservativehome.com/2025/08/08/how…

From Piers Baker: A Conservative case for mass deportations conservativehome.com/2025/08/08/pie…

Labour’s reckless assault on the countryside must be challenged. Conservatives Together's new report sets out how the Conservatives can rebuild the rural vote - and return to government. 📖 Read my piece in ConservativeHome: conservativehome.com/2025/08/08/gra… 📘 Full report: conservativestogether.org/ruralreport

Malcolm Cupis: The truth about the two-state solution and why it will never work conservativehome.com/2025/08/08/mal…

From Oliver Dean: Votes at 16 is nothing more than a desperate cling to power conservativehome.com/2025/08/08/oli…