Category: Political Insight

Getty ImagesCaerphilly Town Community Centre was opened in 1959Eight politicians are competing in, arguably, the most interesting by-election in the 26-years of Welsh devolution.They are seeking to represent the constituency of Caerphilly in the Welsh…

Laura KuenssbergPresenter, Sunday with Laura KuenssbergBBC"Oh God," and then a pause, a sigh, and then, "Oh God," again.Just as a senior Conservative was telling me the party might be able to climb out the terrible…

Sam FrancisPolitical reporterGetty ImagesIn the month since self-proclaimed "eco-populist" Zack Polanski took charge of the Green Party of England and Wales, there has been a noticeable change within the party.With over 20,000 new members in…

Matt Chorley5 Live presenterPA MediaLouis Armstrong had all of it in the world. The Beautiful South needed a little more. For Kemi Badenoch, and her 118 MPs, time is also on their minds.The Conservative leader…

When a political party gathers for its annual conference, the host city (or at least the political and security bubble that surrounds the conference centre) becomes home to feverish and partisan political chat.What is different…

Before us, there is a battalion of unemployed chairs.For the Conservatives right now, the fight even to be listened to is not easy.The speech by the shadow chancellor Sir Mel Stride is one of the…

Chris MasonPolitical editor'To fix our country, we must reverse Labour's measures' says BadenochThe Conservatives have been one of the democratic world's most successful parties at winning elections.And yet a party used to standing so tall…

Dominic CascianiHome and Legal CorrespondentBBCLast week Kemi Badenoch announced that the Conservative Party would take the UK out of the European Convention of Human Rights if they won the next election."I have not come to…

James CookScotland editor Getty ImagesSomething has shifted in Scotland.The saltire, which was long embraced by supporters of Scottish independence, has now been unfurled for a different cause.Up and down the land, the blue and white…

Kevin PeacheyCost of living correspondentGetty ImagesThe debate around stamp duty is intensifying. When Kemi Badenoch said a future Conservative government would abolish it on the purchase of main homes, it went down well at the…