Our top ten picks of the week

In the Planning Bill, Labour clothes a lack of ideas with odd old ends stol’n out of Tory writ

Henry Hill

“Having taken months to put it together, this supposedly landmark legislation consists, to a really remarkable degree, of recycled proposals from the Conservative era.”

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Our survey: members are braced for poor results in May’s local elections

Giles Dilnot

“To change the mood is going to take a big renewed effort by the whole party – and that is easier said than done.”

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I’m a Conservative, not an arsonist so we’re completely rebuilding CCHQ – not burning it down

Kemi Badenoch MP

“If we believe in anything, we believe in institutions. So let’s stick to our principles. Good conservatives don’t break things, we improve them. And where necessary we re-build piece by piece – as we shall with CCHQ.”

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Reform aren’t finished but Farage needs to overcome his demons about ‘rivals’

Daniel Hannan

“If Farage means to shift from protest to government, he needs to give the electorate some sense of who would form his Cabinet. He needs, in other words, to have big beasts around him.”

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Part of party renewal means changing how we select our candidates

Dinah Glover

“The process needs to be far more political, rather than falling into the trap of it being some kind of HR interview testing project management skills, social awareness, EDI etc, etc.”

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Unless Farage allows Reform UK to grow bigger than himself, the whole project is doomed

Ben Habib

“He publicly acknowledges he could be prime minister but does not understand what is required to get there, and what must be done if he does.”

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When it comes to spending on defence, the Chagos deal is all spending and no defending

Katie Lam MP

“Why would any Prime Minister do something so self-destructive? It is blatantly not for the reason the Government gives.” 

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The Assisted Dying Bill deeply flawed – and its sponsor is refusing to listen

Alexander Stafford

“I really hope, following the scandalous goings-on throughout the Committee stage, that enough MPs who voted for the Bill at Second Reading change their minds and vote against it at Third Reading.”

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Is it time to resist the rise of arms-length bodies?

David Willetts

“The OBR and NHS England are examples of a doctrine which has gradually captured both main parties.”

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The Conservatives are talking a good game on immigration reform – now they must walk it

Henry Hill

“On paper, the new approach to this is much better-judged than the usual fixation of wholesale withdrawal from the European Convention on Human Rights.”

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