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The flight of MPs scrambling to claim new constituencies ahead of a difficult election or boundary changes is an old issue in British politics In Westminster parlance, it’s called a “chicken run” — a phrase coined in the years leading up to New Labour’s 1997 landslide when several Conservative MPs fearing a tricky contest on… Read more »
Not all of what was said at the National Conservatism Conference this week can or should be subjected to detailed textual analysis — I’m thinking of Conservative MP Miriam Cates’ case against “cultural Marxism” and Danny Kruger’s exaltation of the “normative family”. But the discussion billed as a cosy “fireside chat” with Michael Gove, that… Read more »