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Georgia Gilholy: The Assisted Dying Bill has a dangerous reality beneath it
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (653+ words) Georgia L Gilholy is a journalist. Today, Brontë’s semi-autobiographical protagonist might simply have been offered death as a remedy for her mental distress. Belgium legalised euthanasia in 2002 for adults suffering from a serious and incurable medical condition causing “constant and…...
Do Reform want to win?
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (597+ words) As is almost always the case, I was, yet again, proven right. In all honesty, it’s fast becoming a trend that I am growing tired of. Repeatedly, I have to shoehorn ‘I told you so’ into conversations at the pub....
James Windsor-Clive: When did Britain take its eye of the ball when it comes to risk-appetite?
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (1083+ words) James Windsor-Clive was the Conservative candidate for the Ealing Central and Acton at the 2024 general election. The UK is in the doldrums. Incomes have stagnated for the best part of two decades, and people have little hope of fortunes improving....
James Esses: At last - we are a Conservative party in name and nature
4+ day, 54+ min ago (430+ words) Cllr James Esses represents High Barnet Ward on Barnet Council and a prospective parliamentary Candidate. I recently discovered a new word in a fiery game of Scrabble against my wife (don’t judge – I have a newborn son and Scrabble is…...
Annunziata Rees-Mogg: Feelings are not an economic plan
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (920+ words) There was something revealing about John Healey’s speech on Monday. At a moment when Britain desperately needs an economic strategy, the Chancellor offered something closer to economic cognitive therapy: retraining us to believe that if growth feels possible, it will…...
Please, Chancellor, won't you address the welfare-shaped elephant in the room?
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (658+ words) I’m going to say something which may well get me a good telling off. There is something oddly reassuring about John Healey. His demeanor is very much that of an experienced accountant, with his bald head ricocheting light around the…...
Peter Franklin: Is the new Shadow Cabinet serious enough to put debt reduction before tax cuts?
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (915+ words) Peter Franklin is an Associate Editor of UnHerd. The 2024 Reform UK manifesto took the form of a £90 billion tax-cutting bonanza. The single biggest item — costing £50 billion — was a pledge to raise the income tax threshold to a mega-generous £20,000. I’m sorry,…...
Lord Ashcroft: Should we keep the triple lock, should (and will) taxes rise in the Budget, will Burnham try to rejoin the EU, what do we think of No10 North?
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (633+ words) Lord Ashcroft KCMG PC is an international businessman, philanthropist, author and pollster. For more information on his work, visit lordashcroft.com My latest poll looks in detail at the characters of the main parties and their leaders, whether people’s front…...
Julian Ellacott: We are too hard on ourselves??? our grassroots are stronger than we're given credit for
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (558+ words) Julian Ellacott is Chairman of the National Conservative Convention and Deputy Chairman of the Party Board. As the summer ends, I hope colleagues across the Party have had some time to rest and prepare for the new political season. It…...
Andrew Bowie: The Climate Change Act is cooking the carbon books and damaging Britain - it's got to go
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (759+ words) Andrew Bowie is Shadow Secretary of State for Energy Security and MP for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine. Margaret Thatcher’s speech to the UN General Assembly on the 8th of November 1989 has gone down in Conservative lore as the moment that we,…...