Our top ten picks of the week

Leaked messages reveal internal Tory row over asylum perks tweet

Tali Fraser

“New MPs angrily accuse CCHQ of ‘piss-poor comms’ as Farage seizes on Tory attack ad.”

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If the Conservatives want to govern again we must stop thinking of MPs as ‘gold star councillors’

James Cowling

“If the Conservatives hope to get into power again, the party needs to look like it is ready to govern, and that means having MPs hungry for the job.”

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In a big busy world small announcements about small policies are a waste of all our time

Andrew Gilligan

“Put absolute effort into getting big policies right. Be clear about your objectives and how you will meet them. Work out its strengths and weaknesses. Predict and pre-empt lines of attack. Test messages, stroke stakeholders, refine the offer.”

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The law might well be correct, but concerns about justice aren’t going to go away that easily

Giles Dilnot

“The debate about whether we currently have a two tier criminal justice system is most certainly not going away, and the cases of Connolly and Jones have probably made it louder not delivered some clever even correct ‘mic-drop’ legal conclusion.”

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The Online Safety Act is good, actually

Miriam Cates

“Reclaiming our great British tradition of decency and dignity for all should be the goal of all conservatives – and it will be popular with the public too.”

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Ageing doesn’t mean obsolete – we must unlock the power of the over-50s

Joe Robertson

“It shouldn’t be taboo to ask the question: is our health and welfare system too quick to write older people off?”

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How Broxbourne plans to take on its asylum hotel

Corina Gander

“Conservative Councils are their best when serving the interests of their residents. That’s always how we’ve worked in Broxbourne, and as we take on this fight, we will always keep their priorities in mind.”

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It seems ever more popular to try and pin the blame for any problem on capitalism

Callum Price

“Anticapitalism disguised as other social justice causes is not new, but it does seem to be increasing. It has long been true of many environmental campaigns and voices. The rise in anticapitalist activism disguised as health science is a growing problem.”

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Allotments tie people to their neighbourhood, to the land beneath their feet, and to each other

Joe Porter

“They are places that are maintained and treasured collectively by their stewards and by the community at large.”

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The long road from urban theory to rural reality requires keeping the fuel duty freeze

John Cooper

“I’d go further and say we also ought to have a rural fuel de-escaltor to make fuel more affordable for those of us for whom ‘drive to survive’ is daily life, not just a fly-on-the-wall Formula 1 documentary.”

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