Our top ten picks of the week

The case for CANZUK is solid, and the time really is now

Jack Rankin

“Britain should use these geopolitical moments to strengthen relationships with countries that share our institutions, our outlook, and out strategic interests.”

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As the ‘Wealth of Nations’ turns 250, it’s time for the Tories to reclaim their inheritance

James Lawson

“From Pitt the Younger to Thatcher, its best leaders understood that prosperity stems not from state direction but from free individuals operating under the rule of law. When the party strays by embracing the mixed economy, accepting soft socialism, or losing the confidence to champion markets, the country suffers and the party loses.”

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We are already getting a glimpse of what Miliband would be like in No. 11

Tali Fraser

“The failed Labour leader, now Energy Secretary, is increasingly tipped as a possible Chancellor in a post–Keir Starmer world. But we may not need to speculate about what he would be like in No11. In many ways, the Miliband chancellorship is already on display.”

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There’s no such thing as unfunded tax cuts

Emmanuel Igwe

“For the Right to show it has not bought into the narrative of unfunded tax cuts it needs to be emphatic on the benefits of lower taxation as a vehicle for both collective and individual economic freedom and audacious in its pursuit to achieve it.”

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Have polls replaced principles?

Miriam Cates

“Polling saturation is turning our politicians from leaders into followers. Polls can tell us what voters think about a particular issue, but they cannot tell us if those voters are correct. The public’s views are often contradictory.”

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Our Survey: Slightly more members say the Party is stronger after defections to Reform – but they think there will be more

Giles Dilnot

“43.7 per cent of members said it was likely there would be more defections of senior Tories and 12 per cent highly likely. Which begs the question: of those 57 per cent, who exactly do think it might be?”

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Japan demands integration – Britain just debates it

Brandon To

“The Conservative answer should not be a return to liberal complacency. Nor a race to outflank Reform on rhetorical hardness, because they will always go further. In this immigration debate, the Conservative answer should be stronger integration.”

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Conservatives are deluded to think we have defeated the “progressive” educationalists

John Bald

“Labour has shown, through blocking an Eton-sponsored sixth form in the North-East, and its vindictive VAT levy on independent schools, that it continues to put ideology before progress.”

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Can Starmer negotiate the left’s coalition of chaos?

Lord Ashcroft

“We’ve been asking, what is the state of the left-of-centre voting coalition under the biggest Labour majority for nearly 30 years? With Reform ahead in the polls, can the left mobilise to keep the right out of office? It might be trickier than some imagine.”

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Davey’s downer on the ‘Dubai Deanos’ and why it’s such muddled thinking

Callum Price

“You may not like what Dubai has to offer, but don’t tarnish those who do with the brush of ‘tax exiles’ and ‘washed-up old footballers’. If we were able to attract their like and their ambition, instead of scaring them away, we would all feel the benefits.”

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