Can The Tories Win In The North?
Over recent decades, the Conservatives have failed to make any real breakthrough in the North. Party strategists will be increasingly concerned given the electoral battleground is moving North at the...
View ArticleThe Conservatives Have Much To Learn From John Howard’s Appeal To Blue Collar...
“It’s not an exclusive definition, the battler is somebody who finds in life that they have to work hard for everything they get… normally you then look at it in terms of somebody who’s not earning a...
View ArticleThe ‘strivers and shirkers’ distinction is counterproductive
Both David Cameron and George Osborne used language of strivers and shirkers in their conference speeches. It’s been nagging me ever since – as I think it might end up being counterproductive. The...
View ArticleAmbition good; aspiration bad
I have a problem with the word ‘striver’. It’s not that I mind the idea of people striving. “Striving” somehow manages to convey an almost national-anthemic worthiness that we can all sing along to....
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