Our top ten picks of the week

Why the Conservatives need new faces again

Tali Fraser

“Reform’s recruitment of old Tory names has handed Kemi Badenoch a chance to draw a clear dividing line – if she is willing to be bold with her newest MPs.”

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The New Right, then and now

Karl Williams

“The most intense intellectual innovation happens around fissures where thinkers are in conscious tension with one another. But this process could also be seen as creating the soil in which new and hybrid ideas can take root and grow.”

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All out council elections offer better value than electing in thirds

Elliot Keck

“Of the ten councils who spend the most on their local elections, all but one elects by thirds, with only Croydon, the tenth most expensive, electing in wholes.”

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MPs who defect will find it harder to make a difference outside the Opposition

John Redwood

“It is His Majesty’s Official Opposition that is forcing the u-turns and exposing the dangers of the Government’s disastrous polices, from the Chagos giveaway through the taxes on jobs and business to the dear energy which is doing so much harm.”

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The assisted suicide Bill doesn’t deserve special treatment

Georgia L Gilholy

“Whatever one’s view on the principle, this Bill requires careful, unhurried scrutiny. Lord Falconer – if he has confidence in his case – should welcome that process but not a month of Sundays, nor any number of Fridays, can make a bad bill good.”

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Thanks, Ruth and Andy – but the era of managerialism is dead

James Wright

“If we retreat into the comfort of 2010s nostalgia, we will abandon the future to the radicals who are waiting to fill the void.”

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The Conservatives can afford to live longer if they ‘Prosper’

David Gauke

“Prosper UK wants to give voice to a yearning for politics that is serious, realistic, and pragmatic.  Focused on the economy and willing to face up to trade-offs. That understands that business matters, as does credibility with investors.”

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