I am soooo surprised that the government have waited until the Commons is in recess to announce the abolition of higher apprenticeships

Labour want to ban smoking for everyone but to legalise cannabis because some groups object to being stopped and search. How does that work?

Robert Jenrick has some 'polite advice' for TfL: 'Get on and do your jobs.'

This man is hell bent on causing economic destruction and impoverishing millions

After the prosecution of a man for offending Muslims, we’re no longer free to say what we think about Islam in public. I will introduce a Bill next week to restore our free speech. But will the Government block it? My interview with Julia Hartley-Brewer yesterday:

These are not serious people

What we’d do in Reeves’s shoes — by Hunt, Zahawi and Mel Stride thetimes.com/article/1ce058…

My thoughts on the Labour U-Turn… 🥀

We made it an academy - and thanks to my friend Phil Harris it’s now outstanding…

The new Reform UK chairman ladies and gentlemen…

Starmer said we were chasing a "far right narrative". But the review he commissioned says we were right. He still refuses to hold a national inquiry into the rape gangs. And Number Ten admits it is afraid of the public response. thetimes.com/uk/crime/artic…

It's time to get phones out of the classroom. Our new film looks at the harm a smartphone-based childhood is doing to our kids.

With welfare policy at the centre of the debate today, I've written up some thoughts on how our welfare system could improve... Does Welfare Work? open.substack.com/pub/patrickspe…

I wrote about a new start-up in the US that is offering a a $20,000 truck to consumers... and why we need something like this in the UK.... patrickspencer.substack.com/p/why-we-need-…

Norman Tebbit, one of Margaret Thatcher’s most loyal supporters during her years of power, has died at the age of 94 Read more ⬇️ telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/…

Rest in eternal peace great man. Norman Tebbit was a giant of Conservative politics & Conservative ideals. A man who looked after his beloved wife beautifully after the horrific terror attack by the IRA. A man who nurtured and befriended young conservatives like me. He was great

Very sad. I saw him speak on a number of occasions and he was electric (even in his 80s!!) As a country and a party, we are still defined by his generations courage and conviction.

A lovely tribute

With folks who behave like this … is it any wonder the public grew to despise the last Conservative Parliamentary Party.