The 2019 coalition is still there, if we reach out to it. We must help families and small businesses – the backbone of our society
The polls are narrowing because Conservatives are remembering what we stand for, and who put us into power with such a big majority in 2019. Our Party stands for the no–nonsense values of the British people. We owe our seats to voters who want their government to take back control from the bureaucrats, the lawyers and the activists who are choking our economy, trashing our culture and stifling our freedom.
The New Conservatives group of MPs, all elected since the Brexit referendum, represent the great realignment in our politics which has happened since 2016. We believe our Party needs to govern for ordinary working families in cities and market towns across the UK, not just the greater South East.
And in fact, the evidence suggests that voters in the South East want the same thing as our new voters in the Red Wall: a more balanced economy, with greater support for families, small businesses and local communities; public services that work, without political posturing and the divisive ideologies of race and gender; and a resolute commitment to border security and lower migration overall.
This week in Manchester the New Conservatives published five policy “asks” for the next Manifesto. We want to cut immigration; get gender ideology and inappropriate sex education out of schools; shift spending from low-value university degrees to high-value vocational courses and apprenticeships; replace the Blair-Brown equalities and human rights framework with a new system of British rights and liberties; and cut taxes for families and small businesses.