With so much negativity buffeting our Union, it’s sometimes tempting to suppose that ever-increasing division between the UK’s disparate peoples is inevitable.
This is a sightly different style of article than I would normally write on policy or Issues but when the Young Conservative Network gave me the opportunity to address the future of our Party I could not refuse.
During the past two years, we have seen our Armed Forces take on a far wider remit domestically than we would normally expect: our servicemen and women have become builders of Nightingale hospitals and vaccination centres, they have taken on the role of healthcare professionals; delivering vaccin
We asked former Conservative Parliamentary Candidate Ed McGuinness, who also served in the British Army, what kinds of people do we need in our politics?
This week the summer seemed to return and, as the sun rose over Westminster, MPs began filling the House of Commons once again, bringing a buzz to the start of a new political term.
Last week’s mini-row over Boris Johnson turning down an invitation to meet Nicola Sturgeon was both rather silly and instructive about the state of relations between Westminster and Holyrood.
When you pitch up at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst to start a year of training, amongst all the new uniform and oodles of kit you are given a thin, glossy red A5 book entitled The Queen’s Commission: A Junior Officers’ Guide – 133 pages covering everything from letter writing to behaviour
The 2019 Conservative Party Conference seems like a long time ago: Manchester thronging with crowds, ministerial drop-ins to fringe events, warm wine on a terrace somewhere, enjoying the last sparkle of summer sunshine.
