This is an existential moment. It's time to go bold. It's time for @Renewal2030.

First round of the Conservative Party leadership contest: Robert Jenrick: 28 Kemi Badenoch: 22 James Cleverly: 21 Tom Tugendhat: 17 Mel Stride: 16 Priti Patel: 14 Priti Patel has been Eliminated.

The Bar Standards Board are consulting on a radical change to their current prohibition on unlawful discrimination. They are proposing that barristers should be required to "act in a way that advances equality, diversity, and inclusion". Extremely concerning politicisation.

France’s disregard for humanity is disgusting.

Killed by greed and a culture of dishonesty Thursday’s Times leads with police and prosecutors facing calls to bring criminal charges over the Grenfell disaster after the inquiry concluded all 72 deaths were avoidable

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Britain did not cause Brexit. The EU's politicisation did. The UK's sovereignty is not for sale.

This is true by Blair. You defeat populism left and right by providing solutions. Simply ignoring and delegitimising these movements is ineffective.

The key to social equality is greater connection. The difference between north and south is stark. HS2 barely makes it to Birmingham. We need greater connection further up north to disconnected communities.

🚨 NEW: Prime Minister Keir Starmer has a lower net approval rating than Nigel Farage... 🟪 Nigel Farage -9 🟥 Keir Starmer -16 🟦 Rishi Sunak -24 Via BMG Research, 29 Aug 2024

Inevitable. Silly ideological policy. No net benefit.

If Labour goes ahead with rumoured plans to equalise capital gains tax with income tax, Britain will have the highest capital gains tax rate in Europe.

Growth. That magic word that all politicians are obsessed with. And you can see why. Because if the economy starts growing then suddenly everything gets a LOT easier. Higher growth means more jobs which means more lovely tax income and that means more lovely money for public

If true this is madness

You have every right to be angry about the state of our NHS. We need courage to achieve long-term reform - major surgery not sticking plaster solutions. My government will work with NHS staff, experts and patients to deliver the biggest reimagining of the NHS since its birth.

GB News To 'win' this war is to end this war. How does attacking further into Russia bring us closer to peace?

My economic vision is shaped by my Dad’s small business and the enterprise culture Thatcher created in the 80s. We must reclaim the low-tax, pro-growth agenda from the mistakes of the recent past. And restore the Conservative’s reputation for fiscal responsibility.

We need to sort out our prison system. People need to be put away.

Pro’s vs Con’s Pro’s Russia is weakened (more people die and economic damage) Con’s Risk World war (Russia has nuclear, with alliance with China) More Ukrainians die(escalation) The war is even further from peace I don’t see it. Why?