Our top ten picks of the week

The return of Boris? Tory voters are looking back to the future

Tali Fraser

“Should Kemi Badenoch falter, Boris Johnson is the clear favourite among those who voted Conservative in 2024 to return and save the party from its post-election despair.”

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The Death of Drive. Britain has lost its hunger – we must fight to get it back

James Yucel

“Britain once led the world in industry, science, and sport – not by accident, but through ambition, struggle, and a culture of excellence. That culture is now dead. We have built a society that fears competition and therefore avoids it at any cost.”

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Our bloated state has got Britain trapped in an ever-tightening debt vice

Katie Lam

“If we want to get the UK growing again, we need to stop assuming that every challenge has a government solution.”

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Labour and tax. How does one accurately prospect the blood which can be squeezed from a stone?

Henry Hill

“Simply comparing current tax rates with either historic conditions or other countries gives a woefully incomplete picture of the country’s actual taxable capacity.”

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Conservatives must accept the need for housing in their own patches

Simon Cooke

“When it comes to getting planners out of the way of people who want to build homes, this should apply everywhere in England, not just in Chipping Barnet or Orpington.”

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The effects of Corbyn’s new party will be felt far beyond Labour

Peter Franklin

“Right now, it feels like we’re living through a time of extraordinary political disruption. But never forget the first rule of conservatism: things can always get worse.”

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Andrew Gimson

“Badenoch will be judged on the quality of her answers to questions which are far beyond the leader of Reform.”

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Seventy rural seats hold the keys for a Conservative route back to No10

Grant Shapps

“The scale of ambition for recapturing the rural vote is admittedly large, and it will be a challenge, but with the right infrastructure, the right tools and the right candidates it is one we can overcome.”

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Labour thinks a tax is the best form of defence but it is killing aspiration and pushing the successful to leave

Ellie Cox

“Labour believes the state spends our cash better than we can: the Tories must show how to let money fructify in the pockets of the people.”

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How to win over the MIMBYs and deliver the housing Britain desperately needs

Liam Downer-Sanderson and Jessica Stewart

“If the politics of housing has become toxic, the answer isn’t to shout louder at and for NIMBYs. It is to engage the MIMBY majority – the people who want to see homes in their neighbourhoods if they feel consulted, respected and heard.”

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