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Farage’s prominence gives Labour a new opportunity to attract tactical votes and secure re-election. My ⁦The New Statesman⁩ piece. newstatesman.com/comment/2025/0…

The criticisms of the India FTA are based on a series of misunderstandings. 🔴"Easier immigration". No. There is nothing in this deal about migration. Nothing. There is an extension of the CATEGORIES under which people can apply for work permits, but the total number can still be

Why Rachel Reeves shouldn’t U-turn on winter fuel cuts. My ⁦The New Statesman⁩ piece. newstatesman.com/comment/2025/0…

The one area where the Conservatives could carve out an advantage isn't helped by talk of 'Brexit betrayal'. My piece for ⁦ConservativeHome⁩. conservativehome.com/2025/05/19/dav…

A good argument by David Gauke - that a Tory party wanting to regain business support and a reputation for economic competence should support pragmatic measures to improve economic relations with the EU - but one that seems unlikely to be heeded at present.

Councils often insist new developments include 'starter homes'. The idea is to improve affordability. There's just one problem: a new study finds the best way to improve affordability is to allow developers to build bigger more expensive homes. timleunig.substack.com/p/building-new…

George Osborne in February:

...thus making it all but impossible for the Conservatives to be the party of business at the next election She has made this commitment before we get any evidence of whether this deal helps the economy BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T CARE WHETHER OR NOT IT HELPS THE ECONOMY Massive error

Striking from Simon Jack . And Conservatives Party would be wise to think long & hard before lining up in opposition to British business.

The prisons crisis demands a new era of reform. My ⁦The New Statesman⁩ piece on the Independent Sentencing Review’s recommendations. newstatesman.com/comment/2025/0…

David Gauke joined James Heale on the latest Coffee House Shots pod to make the centre-right case for prison reform, discuss his proposals & explain why deportation is complicated when dealing with the worst foreign criminals👇 David Gauke James Heale spectator.co.uk/podcast/david-…

Gauke’s report tells us how to reform prisons – it’s on politicians to make it happen independent.co.uk/voices/editori…

We should be doing the same.

My ⁦The New Statesman⁩ piece on why the return of Boris Johnson would not save the Tories. newstatesman.com/comment/2025/0…

"Badenoch might as well hand in her resignation and let Johnson stand as the Conservative candidate in a by-election. His arrival in the Commons would almost immediately result in her fall." 🖊️ David Gauke newstatesman.com/comment/2025/0…

An honour to be a stand-in for Daniel Finkelstein today on How To Win An Election. pod.fo/e/2dc232