Conservative Party

  • The Conservatives need a stronger energy policy

    The belief that energy should still be an expensive commodity for the average consumer in the UK is beginning to look like a fallacy. As more investment goes into green technology and it’s ever more evident that we’re not going to be reliant on oilfields for our source and supply in the near future, the only option is lower prices.

    This is our way out of a binding infrastructure of high charges and abusive pricing that’s lasted many conflicts and wars and has not been resolved by much international effort.

    A campaign poster showing Conservative aims and ambitions for cheaper energy (Credit: The Conservative Party/LinkedIn).

    The homegrown energy production that’s promised by new energy developments proves that pricing can be resolved in a much more local forum than before. It also shows that energy is not centralised or concentrated on particular countries but is now becoming a potential for any country.

    The Conservatives are often at the forefront of arguing that a statement of affairs is not necessarily a firm fact of the matter. And yet, it struggles to come out with a firm guarantee that lower prices will become a reality for every consumer.

    The UK now has a sort of energy production capacity that is sovereign and independent of other states. Because it’s green it’s also reliant on more local conditions and is less of a subject of controversy for people overseas. This is our only option to exit a punitive and cruel international market. It’s only problem is how far party’s are willing to invest in it.

  • Badenoch wants defence to do smart things

    Admittedly, Kemi Badenoch’s approach to politics isn’t thrilling, but it’s now beginning to appear to go places. The appeal of a quieter campaign to set out aspirations is likely gaining support from all of the right sources. Now, as the Prime Minister struggles to galvanise enough plaudits for his own agenda, Badenoch is finding herself capable of setting out her objectives in front of an attentive audience.

    Her latest outing at the London Defence Conference is just such an example of a circumspect and almost clandestine manoeuvre to get heard in the centre ground. She wants to pull in the doubters, objectors, and even naysayers to distil a vision that might just get us over the finish line, putting the frustrations of a faltering new Labour era behind us.

    The plan is built on being smart, and the latest innovations are free flowing points in her pitch for a return to military strength. She strains to offer an integration of all the newer things into a classical British mindset that works. It’s not to please America, satisfy Europe, or placate powers further off, but just make ends meet. Her deal is for all that it promises us it can be.

    The fulfilment of this mission is a hard task even for a historic Conservative party that sees the UK has been pushed to the margins, principally by Labour, which seeks to just give anything away. The frustration over the Chagos Islands has followed nervous wrangling over the Falklands, Gibraltar, and even Northern Ireland – not to mention the Gaza Strip – in a litany of errors and rebukes. It’s left many people here in need of further clarity.

    The chances of Badenoch imminently winning an election are better but not greater than before. She has to find a way to build back her party so that it could win her access to Number 10. If events last, it could be on the issue of defence itself. It’s a popular move. Many people are looking for a strong sense of security in a volatile world. Her sensitivity to this may find a way through and secure her time in office.

  • Prime Minister’s Questions

  • Exclusive: Tory scams

    The end of Rishi Sunak’s Premiership is believed to have come about due to infighting in Conservative offices and in London over increasing levels of corruption in the party.

    This is the conclusion of insider and international sources who have looked at the matter.

    It was said to be seen months before the fateful July 2024 election, after which the historic party of the centre right saw its seat share drop to its lowest ever modern level.

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    A graphic showing six names of Tory groups alleged of financial corruption before the last general election.

    The outward forms of corruption are said to be about personal finance, and specifically the promise of loans and other financial products.

    An undercover investigation by a private China-based research group was offered personal help of up to £1 million to resolve personal debts.

    The similarities between attempts by Conservative MP’s and their staff is said to have raised concerns beyond the betting scandal that erupted in some national press outlets.

  • Conservatives are still searching for answers

    The Conservatives in the UK like to think their platform is sorted. The party has a professional appeal that garners support in itself. Yet it’s not got all its sticks together.

    Their leader, Kemi Badenoch, does a good job at rallying the crowd to a cause, but I think that even in her best moments she doesn’t know what she’s really running for.

    The party is a die hard pragmatist that has seen through many of its own worries, and even some of the UK’s own. Yet it’s time for something more from an organisation that claims a position here.

    Their collective learnings amounts to more than some of their recent posturing, surely. It takes a packed manifesto to really make a punch work, and Badenoch needs to pull out all the ideas she’s got.

  • Thatcher knew about reality

    The truest test of character for a leader is a grip on reality. This is tried in politics by their recollection of what’s important by the questioning of those that believe it matters most to their very own lives.

    At least, this is what Margaret Thatcher – the former Conservative Prime Minister and first female in the position – said about the duty as she spoke about her time in Number 10 to me over a brief lunch.

    It’s not that I admired her at first, but I was able to put together what she said with what I had seen to gather that she was a real Conservative, a true libertarian at heart.

    It didn’t just matter if some said it, she felt it was also necessary to reason it through, too, and this point, I considered, had helped her to deepen her understanding of all that she needed to know.

    Her gift was for getting to know people well, or at least getting into their company to find them out and start it off.

    She had principles – or rules – in mind that helped her to do it. “There is nothing to be gained by being familiar,” she said, “everything is lost in that way, always.” She retained a moderate approach to doing this always.

    The practice helped build up a knowledge base of what it is people wanted. It stopped her assuming it and led her into the “realm of knowing,” as she put it. It’s how most of her assumptions were road tested before going to print.

  • Prime Minister’s Questions

  • Michael Heseltine is a cheap impresario

    It’s alleged that the Heseltine that we’re told to know and love is not the Heseltine of reality. It’s the comment Lady Thatcher made to me in the years she spent in a political wilderness following her demise from UK political life.

    She often spoke of people, and many names came up in our “coffee conversations”, as she called them. She knew about the hatred of public life, and the corruption ripped through every other walk of life. She knew she got labels she didn’t deserve, and many more besides that she didn’t like.

    Her memories were apt, and faithfully reported the true drama of the times. Heseltine was someone she always found it unfortunate to remember. She said he was a bad example in private and in public. It’s believed he was a mastermind behind much of the conspiracy that straddled her Premiership. “He’s also disliked anywhere else I go,” she once said, soberly.

    His recent comments about Nigel Farage MP (Clacton/Reform UK) are ill-advised. He clearly doesn’t understand the situation on the ground, as it were. He whips up hatred as if he is an Enoch Powell type of figure himself, which is more than likely. There are many secret extremists in Parliament who just plot against us. Farage is the latest target in his book.

  • MSP defects to Reform UK

    Graham Simpson MSP has defected to Reform UK from the Conservatives to join the party as its first in the Scottish Parliament.

    The move is a new low for the UK Conservatives as they seek to recover from a damaging set of losses in the previous election.

  • Lord Tebbit dies

    Lord Tebbit has died.

    He’s said to have had extensive involvement in the political career of Margaret Thatcher.

    He provided intellectual and moral guidance in tumultuous times.

    He survived an IRA attack in 1984 in Brighton during an annual Conservative party conference.

    He advised other Conservative leaders.

  • Prime Minister’s Questions

  • Exposed: Anti-Tory X profile

    In an exclusive for ConservativeNewsSite.com, a social media profile known as “BladeoftheSun” is behind a campaign of hatred against present leader of the Conservative party Kemi Badenoch.

    The evidence

    The profile itself, reminiscent of socialist themes and context, is an online hate campaign hub meant to spread fear and instil false hope of change at leadership levels in politics.

    @BladeoftheS – X

    The setup

    Yesterday an attempt was made to “stage” an effect of non-complicity, to prepare for accusations in person and in public against her. These were meant to make her leave office.

    A setup covertly filmed

    The effect of this sort of sabotage can be disastrous for democracy, as it denies legitimate debate. It can also lead to mistrust in political realms, and derail hope for change.

  • Any dream will do for conservatives?

    In the ensuing months of the leadership of Kemi Badenoch MP (North West Essex/Conservatives), and the ongoing work of Reform UK, it’s worth asking where conservatism will go next.

    The blogging warriors will ask if any of their ideas, or the views of supporters, matter anymore. It’s also worth remembering backbenchers who always know what’s needed in a crisis.

    The work ahead is tough for the two parties, in part because Labour have such a clear agenda. They know it’s about public services, pay, and social justice at home, and overseas. It’s an easy job.

    The Conservatives and Reformer’s among us, however, are not sure how to tackle the real issues out of power. An obvious example is the Channel crossings, being powerless to stop it.

    The place of the official opposition of His majesty, and fourth largest party, are not good starting points. Meanwhile, it’s a blessing the Prime Minister is hard at work smashing the gangs.

  • Kemi’s way ahead

    Kemi Badenoch MP (North West Essex/Conservatives) has attained the crown of the Conservative party. It’s an impressive feat in such a difficult time, not just for women but for black politicians.

    Badenoch is the fourth female – but the first black – leader. She follows Rishi Sunak MP (Richmond and North Allterton/Conservatives), our first brown Prime Minister. It’s an exciting time to be around.

    Her time is set out, as is her task. She’s already laid out her principles in Renewal 2030, her business plan for the way ahead. It’s based on an apprehension of citizenship along more basic lines.

    “That has to change. 2030 is the first full year we can be back in government, at the beginning of a new decade. We have to make sure we are ready for those challenges, with a clear vision for the future, not litigating the battles of the past. Our starting point must not be policies, but principles.”

    The points involve sincere effort, respect for history, equality, and family. It’s not a novel set of ideas, and it follows most want these things, regardless of the reasons why. It’s clear she’s got a plan.

  • Badenoch new leader (National News Report)