Conservatives

The Conservatives must stop imitating Reform

Years of blunders have wrecked the Tory brand. Mimicking Nigel Farage won’t rebuild it – owning their failures might

Jenrick’s ‘white face’ comment splits Tory ranks

Despite Kemi Badenoch defending the shadow justice secretary’s remarks about Birmingham, other senior Conservatives have slammed his rhetoric

Badenoch’s speech may have bought her more time as Tory leader

The confident speech touched most of the right notes for her Conservative family, but voters are unlikely to be as convinced

Yes, Robert Jenrick, we do have an integration problem

The shadow justice secretary has railed against the lack of integration in parts of Britain. But it’s the ‘flag-bothering patriots’ who don’t want to mix

A sense of decay prevails at the Conservative party conference

Kemi Badenoch is shifting her party further to the right to fend off Reform. It might not work

Kemi who? Time is running out for Badenoch

As MPs gather in Manchester, many believe that only a change in leadership can save the party from extinction

Conservatives must have no part in Farage’s populist extremism

To describe asylum seekers as thieves or rapists encourages the worst sort of prejudice – and has no place in No 10

Tories are ‘over’, says MP Kruger as he defects to Reform

In a major blow to the Conservatives, the former shadow minister has become the first sitting MP to switch to Farage’s challenger party

Our shameful past has a vital message about immigration

Deplorable attitudes to refugees failed to stop solidarity across the divides

Britain’s right wing just twists and shouts

The economy is faring rather better than Labour’s media detractors would have you believe

It's Truss v the blob in the corners where conspiracies thrive

Battling the ‘deep state’, the former prime minister is ignoring advice from concerned friends to take a break from politics

Sarah Vine’s scenes from a Brexit marriage

Ridiculous yet compulsive, How Not to Be a Political Wife spares Michael Gove while laying into Cameron’s cronies

David Mitchell: the oddest scrap in British politics

Liz Truss is promoting whiskey and Tony Blair is backing AI. Who comes out on top?