Ex-chair of UK’s media watchdog slams progressives over urge to stifle free speech
The remarks have drawn sharp criticism from former Ofcom insiders and academics.
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Starmer’s Labour braces for heavy losses as Britons vote in local elections
Polling stations have opened across the United Kingdom in local elections widely expected to deliver a punishing verdict on Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour…
Former Berlusconi partner launches ‘Gay Conservatives’ initiative to bring LGBT representation into Italy’s right
Francesca Pascale, a former long-time partner of the late Italian tycoon and former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, has launched a new initiative called “Gay…
The Strange and Self-Inflicted Death of Tory England
The classic book The Strange Death of Liberal England attempted to explain the rapid decline into irrelevance of the once-powerful Liberal Party.
Socialists secure Norway elections win but Right surges
In a closely contested parliamentary election held, Norway's centre-left bloc, anchored by the Socialist-leaning Labour Party, has secured a narrow victory, claiming…
Norway election: Stoltenberg crushes any chance of right-wing government
Norwegians will vote for their next government on Sept 8, but the national-conservative and anti-immigration Progress Party, despite being the second-largest party…
The problem of the State on the Right
One of the main ideological tensions on the so-called dissident Right – also known as the populist, nationalist or hard-right – concerns the role of the State.
Tribute to former UK PM Thatcher in European Parliament renamed by French left-wingers
French left-wingers in the European Parliament have renamed a room dedicated to the memory of former UK prime minister Margaret Thatcher because, they claimed, she…
Post-war Conservatism is fading fast, yet the centre-right cannot grasp the fact
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s historic, embarrassing failure to be installed on the Bundestag’s first vote merely underscores an increasingly undeniable…
The centre-right across the West are being replaced by the populist-right
Nearly everywhere in the West, the centre-right is being replaced as the “mainstream” political party by the populist-right.
Conservative populists must recognise the source of their power
2024 was the year that conservative populism went from being an irritant to a force.
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UK government and its flea-bitten policies out of step with new rhythm of the West
Chancellor Rachel Reeves' recent budget has deepened the decline of respect for the Starmer government, as it leverages tax increases amidst widespread discontent…
Tories could fail again, part of a grim political season in the West
Anyone reasonably conversant with British history knows not to underestimate that redoubtable country that has made such an immense contribution to civilisation:…
Farage: success now, but does he have the discipline to lead in the future?
In between the questions raised at Westminster by the huge majority of the new Labour government and the broken remains of the Conservative party, there is one other…
Kemi Badenoch: the next Tory leader, heir to British heritage
July 4, 2024, Independence Day in the US and election day in the UK, will probably mark the next step in the progress of Kemi Badenoch to becoming the first British-African…
Support for Farage’s Reform UK party drops after Ukraine comments, latest poll shows
Support for former arch-Brexiteer Nigel Farage's Reform UK party has dipped, according to the latest BMG Research poll.
Why did Rishi call an early election leading to almost certain defeat? Tory MPs have plenty of theories
Why did Rishi Sunak – leading his Conservatives to almost certain defeat – call Britain’s general election up to six months earlier than he needed?
UK Conservatives are heading for a historic defeat, here’s why
The Conservative Party is heading for a historic defeat in the UK’s general election on July 4.
Conservative struggle: an upset, but not yet an earthquake
After the second battle of El Alamein in 1942, Winston Churchill famously said: “Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end.
UK Conservatives are dying because they refuse to go populist
Britain’s Conservative Party is on track for its worst election result in its history, completely undoing their massive 2019 win.
Standoff as Brussels police order conservative event to close
A standoff developed as event organisers refused to sign a police notice ordering attendees to leave on the grounds that they would launch a legal appeal
Brussels mayor ‘threatens to cut power to conservative event’
A Brussels mayor has threatened to cut power to a conservative conference taking place in the city.
Britain’s Conservatives are in trouble – their only chance now is to sack Rishi Sunak and return to Thatcherite values. If they don’t, the Party is doomed
The Conservative government in the United Kingdom shows every likelihood of being decisively defeated in the next election, later this year.
Can the EU learn from Britain’s ‘extremism crackdown’? Not giving public money to Islamists is long overdue, but the new definitions could be used against conservatives
In an effort to “keep our citizens safe and our country secure”, Britain’s Conservative government has announced a new definition of extremism.
Britain’s Conservative Party is heading for a historic defeat – and it is gradually waking up to the fact that it will be the party’s own fault
“Don’t vote for Reform UK,” senior Conservatives say, “If you do, you will let the Labour Party in through the back door”.
British PM Sunak faces major rebellion over Rwanda legislation
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is facing a major rebellion from right-wing politicians in his party on Tuesday over flagship immigration legislation to speed…
Sunak, ‘running scared’, avoids calling early UK election
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak fired the starting gun on Britain's next election, saying his "working assumption" was it would take place in the second half of the…
Cameron the convert now ‘delighted’ at Brexit benefits
In what many may see as a dramatic U-turn, David Cameron, the former UK Prime Minister who bet his career on Brexit and lost, said he is now "delighted" at the benefits…
The Left’s Goliath is beating the Right’s David where it really matters
“If voting could change anything they'd abolish it,” was once a catchy quip used by cynics to justify their apathy and non-participation in elections.
Ireland desperately needs a properly Irish Conservative party: Here’s how we might get it
You could look at a line-up – think of a police line-up – of everyone involved in last week’s riot in Dublin.