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Badenoch wants to move away from the past but Burnham's embracing it
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1309+ words) “Don’t look back in anger, don’t look back in anger, I heard you say” This iconic Oasis anthem from the 1990’s is a fitting soundtrack to the first few days of Andy Burnham’s arrival in Parliament as Prime Minister. Not…...
Owen Matthews: The so-called???party of Belgravia??? still has talented people queuing up to stand for it
1+ week, 4+ day ago (130+ words) Owen Matthews describes himself as a ‘Proper’ Conservative. He’s a Solicitor, Chartered Accountant and Insurance Professional, He’s also Treasurer of Queen’s Park & Maida Vale Conservatives. Warren Buffett famously observed that “it takes twenty years to build a reputation and just…...
John Bald: There's something rotten in 'the groves of academe"
2+ week, 4+ day ago (96+ words) John Bald is a former Ofsted inspector. He is Vice-President of the Conservative Education Society. The truth may well have been that he was not capable of providing it. Professor Sir Simon Baron Cohen – who himself should be in sackcloth…...
Adrian Pascu-Tulbure: Take a gander at Labour???s calls to rewire the state and we should all beware
3+ week, 2+ day ago (592+ words) Cllr Adrian Pascu-Tulbure is deputy leader of the Conservative opposition in Hammersmith and Fulham Plucking geese is not a core competency often seen on Treasury job descriptions. But every good HMT official would recognise the maxim of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Louis…...
Andrew Gilligan: Burnham is matching all my expectations - good vibes not great plans
3+ week, 4+ day ago (290+ words) This column’s long-term Andy Burnham-scepticism has so far been borne out by almost everything Burnham has said since re-entering national politics in May. My personal favourite, at which I laughed out loud, was his pledge to ensure that all Labour…...