Opinion: Is the European Research Group Losing Its Grip on the Tory Party?
by Helen Belcher
The ERG, deemed the “most influential in recent political history”, has been a kingmaker within the Tory party. But is its reign now coming to an end?
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Opinion: Voters Already Hate Liz Truss
by Ell Folan
Liz Truss is on course to win the Tory leadership by a landslide. She won’t be smiling for long, argues Ell Folan.
Analysis: Were the 70s Really That Great?
by Juliet Jacques
From the union boom to radical TV, the left tends to see the 70s through rose-tinted glasses. We should beware nostalgia, writes Juliet Jacques.
Opinion: A Cash Injection Won’t Fix Our Broken Legal System
by Michael Etienne
Criminal barristers deserve better pay, writes Michael Etienne. But paying barristers better won't deliver a justice system that’s actually just.
Opinion: Who Could Replace Boris Johnson and How Scared Should I Be?
by Simon Childs
We took a look at the runners and riders to replace the prime minister.
Live: Corruption Runs Through the Veins of the Tory Party
Threats to withdraw funding from rebel MPs' constituencies, a potential peerage for Paterson and the PM refuses to come clean on lavish getaways. It's just another week for a government rotten to the core.
Live: Johnson’s Nasty Cut Trashes Promise to “Level Up”
Boris Johnson's pun-filled conference speech promised to "level up" the country, but on the day that millions are hit by a cruel cut to universal credit, his pitch to workers is a sick joke.
Live: Boris Johnson Hails Higher Wages at Tory Conference
At Tory party conference Boris Johnson is promising higher wages in a post-brexit Britain. How seriously should we take the pledge?
The Bastani Factor: Are the Tories Actually Strong on the Economy? 🤔
The Tories like to present themselves as the party of economic credibility. But after nine years in power is that really true?
NovaraFM: #ToryConf14, Housing, Britain’s Working Poor
On this week's show Aaron Bastani and James Butler are joined by Dawn Foster as they discuss this week's Tory party conference, pema-austerity and three-party coalitions after 2015.