Conservative Party

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch told ministers the UK needed to 'live within our means' during a pre-Budget speech at the Institution of Civil Engineers in London. Picture: Alishia Abodunde

Kemi Badenoch reminds Gen Z what politics is supposed to be about Scotsman comment

Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch inspects the 'Birmingham tapestry' at the Conservative party conference in Birmingham last week (Picture: Christopher Furlong)

Why Tories' south of England focus is no way to beat Reform Brian Monteith

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, with her husband, Hamish, leaves the stage to applause after delivering her keynote speech at the party's conference in Birmingham (Picture: Jacob King/WPA pool)

Why Kemi Badenoch has the same star quality as Ruth Davidson John McLellan

Wearing balaclavas to hide their identities, anti-immigration protesters stage a counter-demonstration during an anti-racism rally in Glasgow in June (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Call to ban balaclavas in city centre

Jackdaw and Rosebank refusal would ‘end UK oil and gas production’

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, seen at last year's part conference, should consider announcing a new deal for pensioners (Picture: Ian Forsyth)

Tories have big problem over decision to scrap pension triple lock Adam Morris

A wildfire rages on a hillside in Castaic, a north-western neighbourhood of Los Angeles, California, last year (Picture: Frederic J Brown)

Why Tories' net zero denial is not true Conservatism Ian Johnston

Nigel Farage, pictured on the second day of his party's conference, has been having a difficult time of late (Picture: Oli Scarff)

Why Tories who defected to Reform UK are starting to regret it Murdo Fraser

Prime Minister Andy Burnham

Burnham criticised for using private jet from Glasgow to Manchester

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch waves a Union flag as she leans out of a steam locomotive at Beaulieu Park Station in Chelmsford (Picture: Dan Kitwood)

Why Tories' purge of net-zero supporters will strengthen their rivals William Deans

Both Kemi Badenoch and Keir Starmer sparked widespread laughter from MPs during his final Prime Minister's Questions (Picture: House of Commons/UK Parliament)

An important lesson from Starmer and Badenoch's jokes at PMQs Scotsman comment

Keir Starmer announced his resignation as Prime Minister and Labour leader last month (Picture: Dan Kitwood)

Burnham must learn from Starmer's failure to 'prepare' for No 10 Scotsman comment

If two Risk players find themselves locked in a cycle of violence, they can end up weakening themselves and falling prey to a third

How Labour and the Tories are playing politics like losers at Risk Ian Johnston

Malcolm MacDonald, fifth from left, on a fishing boat preparing to sail to Applecross

How an ‘odious’ by-election 90 years ago gripped Scotland

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar speaks to the media after First Minister's Questions at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh

Starmer should never have considered Mandelson for job, says Sarwar

Nigel Farage's Reform UK party is benefiting from what political analysts describe as 'place-based resentment’ (Picture: Peter Nicholls)

Complacency over high street crisis driving voters towards Reform Brian Wilson

Ruth Davidson, seen sitting on a tank in Dundee during campaigning ahead of the 2015 general election, has re-entered the political fray with a new role as co-chair of Prosper UK (Picture: Mark Runnacles)

Returning champion Ruth Davidson can spark revival of Tories' fortunes John McLellan

Kemi Badenoch must realise the need for the Conservative party to be a broad church (Picture: Ben Montgomery)

Badenoch's reaction to Davidson's centrists is a disaster for Tories Scotsman comment

Keir Starmer doesn't appear to realise that blocking a potential Labour rival only makes him look weak (Picture: Toby Melville/WPA pool)

Why Starmer's blunder over Burnham makes his downfall more likely Scotsman comment

Keir Starmer probably did Andy Burnham, right, a favour by stopping him from standing for Labour in a coming by-election, says Brian Monteith (Picture: Ian Vogler/WPA pool)

Why Davidson can't save the Tories and Starmer can't save himself Brian Monteith

Malcolm Offord was selected by Nigel Farage as Reform UK's leader in Scotland, not chosen by its members (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

High welfare and Indyref2: Some Reform ideas will shock you Murdo Fraser

Andrew Rosindell, right, the MP for Romford, has become the latest Conservative politician to join Nigel Farage's Reform UK party leader (Picture: Leon Neal)

As Tories flock to Reform, party must take care not to become too blue Brian Monteith

Nigel Farage's Reform UK and the SNP share an interest in national borders (Picture: Dan Kitwood)

SNP and Reform's border obsessions won’t help us as a revolution looms John McLellan

Scotland's deposit return recycling scheme collapsed after the then Conservative Scottish Secretary refused to grant the required exception from the UK Internal Markets Act

The scandal of Scotland's collapsed deposit-return recycling scheme Scotsman comment

Nigel Farage welcomes for the former Conservative Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick into the Reform UK party (Picture: Henry Nicholls)

How Tories can use Jenrick's sacking to spark fightback against Reform Scotsman comment

Robert Jenrick shakes hands with Kemi Badenoch after she beat him in the Conservative party leadership contest (Picture: Stefan Rousseau)

Jenrick's former Tory pals reveal their true colours after his sacking Alistair Carmichael

Kemi Badenoch struggled initially on becoming Conservative party leader, but her stock is on the rise (Picture: Dan Kitwood)

Left-of-centre voters should consider voting for Tories to stop Reform Murdo Fraser

Nigel Farage appeared delighted to welcome former Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi to the ranks of Reform UK (Picture: Dan Kitwood)

Why influx of former Tories into Reform may cause trouble for Farage Scotsman comment

Labour minister Jess Phillips paid tribute to the work done by former Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May on violence against women and girls (Picture: Joel Rouse)

Tories playing politics over violence against women was just offensive Christine Jardine

Reform Party leader Nigel Farage

Scots investor hands Nigel Farage's Reform UK £100,000 donation

Kemi Badenoch's witty response to Rachel Reeves' Budget Speech showed she is sharper of mind and more agile on her feet than the Chancellor could ever hope to be (Picture: House of Commons)

How Badenoch just proved she has star quality to lead Tory fightback John McLellan

Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA

Senior SNP ministers 'approached Tory MSP about defecting'

The UK's clean power sector is now growing three times faster than the economy as a whole (Picture: William Edwards)

Why Reform and the Tories are dead wrong about renewable energy Martin McCluskey

Robert Jenrick congratulates Kemi Badenoch on beating him to become Conservative party leader in November last year, but many suspect he still has leadership ambitions (Picture: Dan Kitwood)

Huge decision facing liberal Tories as party moves towards hard-right Alistair Carmichael

John Swinney with the SNP's 'A Fresh Start with Independence' paper (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Pie-in-the-sky promises like these are why trust is low in politicians
Politicians need to learn how to relate to ordinary people in a way that doesn’t sound like they are willing to say anything for votes
Scotsman comment

Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch delivers her keynote speech to the Conservative Party Conference at the Manchester Central Convention Complex.

Kemi Badenoch vows Conservatives will scrap VAT on private school fees

Empty seats in the auditorium as shadow chancellor Sir Mel Stride makes a speech during the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester on Monday (Picture: Danny Lawson/PA Wire)

Readers' Letters: Conservative Party doesn't deserve to survive

Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay and Reform leader Nigel Farage

Findlay's 'Reform-lite' approach not working as he faces massive task Rachel Amery

In 1992, the then Prime Minister John Major stood on a soapbox with a loudspeaker to address people in the street as he campaigned ahead of the general election (Picture: Adam Butler)

Why Tories need to learn from John Major and his shock election win Scotsman comment

The rise of Nigel Farage's Reform UK party in Scotland is a gift to the SNP (Picture: Christopher Furlong)

Why Scottish Conservatives like me still have hope John McLellan

An oil platform standing amongst other rigs. PIC: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Kemi Badenoch vows to drain every drop of oil and gas from North Sea

James Cleverly failed in his bid to become party leader but is now back on the Conservative front bench (Picture: Carl Court)

Return of Cleverly is huge news for Tories' fightback against Reform Scotsman comment

People protest against Labour's plan to cut disability benefits, which was gutted after a major backbench rebellion against it (Picture: Carl Court)

How Keir Starmer walked into avoidable trap set by Tories years ago Brian Wilson

Former Edinburgh councillor Mark McInnes, who has just been appointed chief executive of the UK Conservative party, is one of the Tories’ most effective political strategists

The Scot drafted in to see off 'near existential threat' to Tories John McLellan

Delegates at the Conservative party conference in 2023 pose for a photograph with Nigel Farage (Picture: Oli Scarff)

Why Tories must stop agreeing with Farage if they want to survive Scotsman comment

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage visits The Big Club in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, after his party won a by-election and took hundreds of council seats (Picture: Owen Humphreys)

Labour faces huge wake-up call with Reform the coming political force Scotsman comment

Kemi Badenoch grilled the Prime Minister following the Supreme Court verdict

Kemi Badenoch accuses Keir Starmer of hiding views on gender ruling

The net-zero agenda is damaging the profitability of the British Steel plant in Scunthorpe (Picture: Ryan Jenkinson)

Why it's time to tame power of unelected climate campaigners Brian Monteith

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer meets with US President Donald Trump, during a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in February. Picture: Carl Court - Pool/Getty Images

Keir Starmer says Trump's tariffs mark new ‘era of global instability’

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