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Want better-behaved Tory MPs? Here’s how…..
This week saw the publication of Ungovernable, the diaries of former Tory Chief Whip Simon Hart. Here’s how to turn Conservative MPs into a team that’s not only governable, but ready to govern the country as well. Infighting, splits,“effing useless” Ministers…
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If Only They’d Asked Us First…. Ministers Ask Regulators How To Grow Faster
PM Keir Starmer, Chancellor Rachel Reeves & Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds have written to regulators, including Ofwat, Ofgem & the Environment Agency, asking for ideas on how to boost economic growth. The move has been greeted with a mixture of…
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We need Labour out of office as soon as possible, and Cleverly is the man to do it
This article was originally written for Conservative Home and published on 10/09/2024. Just over two months ago, we handed Labour the supermajority we worried about. We lost votes to Labour, the Liberal Democrats, and Reform, as well as to apathy…
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John Wants Conservative Leadership Contests To Be More “Transparent” To Stop “Fibbing And Skulduggery”
The Following article was written by Zoe Crowther and published on Politics Home. Former Conservative MP John Penrose has called for MP voting rounds in Tory leadership contests to be made public to help the party stop choosing “problematic leaders”. This, he said, would make the…
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John’s resignation letter to PM Boris Johnson in full
I’m sorry to have to resign as the PM’s Anti-Corruption Tsar but, after his reply last week about the Ministerial Code, it’s pretty clear he has broken it. That’s a resigning matter for me, and it should be for the…
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John resigns as Anti-Corruption Tsar
John discusses why he felt he had to resign as Boris Johnson’s Anti-Corruption Tsar, saying it’s “pretty clear” the Prime Minister broke the ministerial code over the partygate scandal.
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John discusses the life of Margret Thatcher on BBC Radio
John Penrose discusses the life and achievements of Margaret Thatcher shortly after her death on the 8th April 2013.
