Home secretary parades failures as successes to party hopelessly complacent and out of touchIt wasn’t exactly a U-turn. But it was a close run thing. Ever since Wayne Couzens was convicted of the abduction, rape and murder of Sarah Everard, just about …
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Windrush activists ‘disgusted’ after being turned away at Tory conference
Anthony Brown and Julia Davidson ‘humiliated’ after being shut out despite paying £225 for full accessTwo Windrush campaigners have said they felt humiliated and baffled after being refused access to the Conservative party conference in Manchester desp…
‘Bow to the king’: Conservatives kowtow to Boris Johnson
The apparently unassailable Tory leader inspires meek tranquility at his party’s conferenceAll the latest from the Tory conference – liveThere is normally a prince over the water at Conservative conference, the alternative attraction members flock to s…
Labour writes to Tory chair over donations to 34 MPs by firms named in Pandora papers
Party questions why almost one in 10 Conservative MPs have taken money from firms linked to Viktor FedotovSee all of our Pandora papers coverageLabour has written to the Tory co-chair Oliver Dowden raising concerns about donations to 34 Tory MPs by the…
The Tories are cheering the voyage to a Brexit promised land that doesn’t exist | Rafael Behr
Boris Johnson’s foreign policy is a combination of pompous internationalism and wilful parochialismOne of the first comedy routines I can remember seeing was Les Dawson, on some Saturday night light entertainment show, playing the piano badly, which he…
As the Pandora papers show, access to the Tory party is being bought by a new class of tycoon funders | Peter Oborne
In light of revelations in the Pandora papers, we need to be asking what are they getting in return?One big theme has dominated Tory party conference at Manchester this week: levelling up. Boris Johnson, we are being told, is on a mission to rescue Bri…
The Tories still need to reconcile their ‘red wall’ and true blue supporters | Salma Shah
Rishi Sunak knows his future depends on bringing together those who want investment, and those who want tax cutsFor all the talk of a smaller scale operation and a reduced number of delegates, there is a surprisingly jolly buzz around the Conservative …
Welcome to the Tory conference: this year staged in the Soviet-Union-on-Thames | Marina Hyde
There’s plenty of talk about the ‘British Renaissance’ – and no mention of little things like empty shelves and fuel shortagesExperience wonder this autumn as we head for Tory conference, where, according to Lord Frost, the “British Renaissance has beg…
Revealed: how Tory co-chair’s offshore film company indirectly benefited from £121k tax credits
Secret British Virgin Islands firm behind West Indies cricket team documentary raises questions for Ben Elliot and partyPandora papers news and reaction – live updatesSee all of our Pandora papers coverageBen Elliot, the Conservative party’s embattled …