John Oxley

The Tories aren’t taking the Reform threat seriously enough

6 December 2024 8:07 pm

The threat to the Tories from Reform is one element of the Conservative party’s unprecedented crisis. The party has lost…

Will Britain let Keir Starmer govern?

25 July 2024 10:25 pm

A few weeks after Keir Starmer’s landslide, it may not seem like Britain is a conservative country. The left has…

What did the Tories do with power?

6 July 2024 4:46 pm

Fourteen years of Tory-led government is over. The second-longest period of dominance by one party since the war is done.…

Labour shouldn’t squander the chance to fix council tax

18 June 2024 4:23 pm

In the final election push, the Tories are trying to drag the Labour party into a game of taxation whack-a-mole.…

The Tories have become the party of the pensioner

28 May 2024 8:05 pm

In several countries across Europe, ‘pensioners parties’ sit in parliament expressly to reflect the interests of older voters. The most…

Sunak’s national service may end up backfiring

26 May 2024 7:26 pm

The idea of bringing back national service has been kicking around British politics for about five times longer than the…