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🧵NEW REPORT THREAD 📊Today, Bright Blue launches new polling analysis: 'Great expectations? Public predictions and expectations for the new Government’ 📥2,063 UK adults surveyed in June 2024 @Yonder_DS 📑Read the report 👉

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The next of our #LudgateLectures will be with former #HongKong legislator and pro-democracy activist @nathanlawkc . He will speak with our Chair @sarahsands100 about 'Dealing with China' and will answer questions from attendees. Sign up for free: 🇭🇰☂️

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🚨 TOMORROW: The second #LudgateLecture will be with former #HongKong legislator and pro-democracy activist @nathanlawkc . He will speak with our Chair @sarahsands100 about 'Dealing with China' and will answer questions from attendees. Sign up now: ☂️🇭🇰

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Join us and @britishfuture this morning at 11am as we host the Home Secretary @pritipatel for a keynote speech on the future of immigration 👉 Watch here:

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🇬🇧 We urge the Government to confirm that the UK will remain a signatory of the European Convention on Human Rights. ⚖️ The ECHR protects individual liberty from abusive and intrusive power, especially from an overreaching state. ✍️ Sign our petition:

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🇨🇳 As global criticism of China intensifies, @benedictrogers and @Perseus852 argue for #CentreWrite that we must not implicate the Chinese people in the actions of their autocratic government. We should hold the regime accountable on their behalf.

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"Hungary is treating refugees worse than animals and stirring up xenophobia- we need to call this out" @OwenJones84 #brightblue #cpc16

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Liam Halligan on the Green Belt: "No one who is serious about addressing [the housing crisis] can possibly ignore this mad policy that means more acreage is spent on golf courses in Surrey than on homes." @LiamHalligan #brightblue #CPC23

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🇨🇳 On #BrightBlueTV - @benedictrogers - The UK has prioritised trade over human rights, but more needs to be done on China, including the use of Magnitsky Sanctions to address questions of genocide.

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📣 We are delighted to announce that @BellaWallerstei has joined Bright Blue as an Associate Fellow. Bella has a wealth of experience in policy research and currently works in @BCWGlobal 's corporate and public affairs team.

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🚨 TOMORROW: We will host Leader of @ScotTories @Douglas4Moray for an event to discuss his vision for Scotland as we approach the #Holyrood elections in May. 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Attendees will be able to submit questions and free tickets are available now:

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. @lewis_goodall : “younger people will find the Labour Party attractive, not because they’re left wing, but because the Conservatives haven’t offered them many of the things that they prize.” #CPC19 #BrightBlue

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🗣 @TomTugendhat : “If we don’t go for growth, we are left with the choice of deciding what to cut first”. #CPC22 #BrightBlue #DrinkTank

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🚨 𝟐𝟎𝟎 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 🚨 💙 We are thrilled to announce @nadhimzahawi is Bright Blue's 2⃣0⃣0⃣th Parliamentary Supporter. 🍻 We will certainly be hoping to catch him at one of our famous Drink Tanks!

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📣 We are delighted to announce that @rakibehsan has joined Bright Blue as an Associate Fellow. Rakib is a research analyst and writer, specialising in matters of social cohesion, race relations, and public security:

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3 years

Next week we will host Leader of @ScotTories @Douglas4Moray for an event to discuss his vision for Scotland as we approach the #Holyrood elections in May. 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Attendees will be able to submit questions and free tickets are available now:

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🇨🇳 #COVID19 has put relations with China in the spotlight. A group of Conservative MPs have now founded the @ChinaResearchGp to influence UK policy towards China. In the latest #CentreWrite blog, @joseph_silke explores the potential watershed moment.

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9 years

Come to our next keynote speech by the Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP on 'Opportunity for all'. Tues 21 Jan, 2016

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Read @PennyMordaunt full keynote speech from today's 'Women in work' conference:

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Governments have stuck to the same policy for 40 years, that: ‘genocide determination is for competent courts, not politicians’. This is a disastrous, immoral, and arguably unlawful policy, which must be overturned. ✍️ @lukedepulford #CentreWrite

Luke de Pulford: A shameful record? UK responses to genocide

What do you think when you hear the words genocide denial? For most, odious Holocaust denier and pseudo historian David Irving springs to mind. Either that or lizard loon David Icke.

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🚯 IT'S TIME TO GET TOUGH ON LITTERING. 🚯 We have launched a petition calling for an increase to the maximum fixed penalty notice for littering. Littering is unneccessary, harms the environment and wastes up to £1bn of taxpayers' money per year. Sign:

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. @RuthDavidsonMSP speaks about how the centre right can adopt positive interventionism at our annual reception

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💷Bright Blue’s @TomNurcombe writes for @guardian on why slashing inheritance tax is completely the wrong priority for the government. Read the article👇

Our tax system needs a bold overhaul, not a cut in inheritance tax | Letters

Letters: Cutting a tax that only the most affluent of estates pay is politically, morally and economically wrong, writes Thomas Nurcombe. Plus letters from David Murray, Les Bright, Richard Baynes...

www.theguardian.com

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8 in 10 voters believe current EU migrants in UK should be able to stay after Brexit

British want EU migrants to stay after Brexit, says poll

Post Brexit, a ‘moderate core’ backs controls on the unskilled but are happy to welcome key workers

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🇬🇧 @murdo_fraser : Scottish voters still believe that separation would make them poorer. Unionists are winning the economic argument, but must win the emotional argument. #brightbluetv

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A greener, more pleasant land. Our latest report outlines a vision for a new market-based commissioning scheme for rural payments after #Brexit .

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🚨 THIS FRIDAY: The next #BrightBlueTV . 🚨 @nixmalik will be joined by @calvinrobinson , @Halima_Begum and @kawsar_zaman to discuss why ethnic minorities have been at greater risk from #COVID19 and how to combat vaccine hesitancy. Watch live at 12pm:

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🧵New essay collection thread 📘Today, we are publishing 'Home advantage: a new centre-right vision for housing'. The collection brings together contributors, including MPs, to help improve: 🔒Security 👪Community 🏡Stewardship 🌲Conservation Read here:

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Good news! The Brexit White Paper states: “The UK is committed to membership of the European Convention on Human Rights”. @WeAreBrightBlue has long campaigned for Govt to clarify it will commit to being a signatory

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🧵New report thread 📘Today, we are publishing “Building up: the future of social security”. Using polling, focus groups and an expert commission, we suggest three policies to improve welfare’s: 🔵Adequacy 🔵Accessibility 🔵Fairness Policies & report 👉

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3 years

📢 THREAD: Today we release new analysis showing that #COVID19 is exacerbating regional inequality in England, with the most deprived local authorities in 'left behind' areas experiencing the biggest rise in #UniversalCredit claimants, undermining the levelling up agenda.

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🌍 Radical new ideas for achieving #NetZeroDelivery from @WeAreBrightBlue and @WSP_UK out today! We have an opportunity to rebuild a stronger and greener economy and society. 🗞 Pick up The Telegraph this morning for coverage of our new essay collection!

Flights that use non eco-fuels should be more expensive, says Heathrow chief

Heathrow chief executive says the UK could become a global leader in sustainable fuel production

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🚨 NEW: Today we release a new report revealing UK public attitudes towards the natural environment, both at home and overseas. 🌱🐝 Download the full report: Read about it in The Times:

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🇨🇦 🇦🇺 The UK needs to participate in more values-based partnerships and alliances, says Christopher Lim. CANZUK would do so much to promote the common principles and interests that bind the four nations together. Read the latest #CentreWrite blog. 🇳🇿 🇬🇧

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Speaking at our Bright Blue Annual Reception, @Jeremy_Hunt , Foreign Secretary said: "The international order, that Britain and America put together after 1945, is quite simply the most successful order that we have had in the history of humanity."

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🏡 @Lees_Martina says the Grenfell disaster "exposed a culture of shoddy work" and and sheds light on the "immense human cost" of the "hidden housing scandal" of residents trapped in homes without the certification they need to prove that their homes are safe. #BrightBlue #CPC20

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. @JustineGreening challenges the Conservative Party to make social mobility its priority and guiding mission. #BrightBlue

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10 years

Ken Clarke: "UKIP attracts old males who have had quite disappointing lives" #drinktank #brightblue

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7 years

We are calling for the next Government to reform and guarantee tree planting grants for farmers after Brexit.

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🧵 New report thread 📘Today, we are publishing 'Greater and greener homes: more homes, ready for net zero'. The report puts forward ten new policies to help simultaneously: 🏡 Build more homes 🌳 Deliver on net zero Policies & report 👉

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🗣️ Next week, we are in Edinburgh for our next #DrinkTank with the Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party, @Douglas4Moray . He will be talking about 'Upskilling Scotland'. 📆 18:30 - 20:00, Wednesday 24th May 📍 Edinburgh, EH8 RSVP: 👉

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We are delighted @RuthDavidsonMSP will be speaking at our annual reception for members. Not a member yet? Join us!

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5 years

Join us at our next Drink Tank. Sign up here:

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7 years

NEW report 'Britain breaking barriers' with 70 recommendations to tackle discrimination & strengthen human rights

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Our new report in the FT today: Tories should be the loudest champions of the Human Rights Act

Tories urged to abandon effort to scrap Human Rights Act

Defence of rights is core liberal value and crucial for young voters, says think-tank

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7 years

NEW REPORT: polling research on conservative attitudes to the environment. Read here:

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @Douglas4Moray : Nicola Sturgeon said that we can judge her on her record on education. The SNP's time in government has seen Scotland slip down the international league tables. #brightblue

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🧵BRIGHT BLUE COMMUNITY 📣Today we've launched our new Community: a collection of like-minded liberal conservatives who will work closely with Bright Blue to influence the manifestos of the 2024 general election and beyond. 🔵24 Conservative MPs & Peers

Bright Blue Community

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7 years

. @niamhrelease of @Release_drugs has written a guest blog on how punitive drug policies fuel human rights abuses.

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4 years

💙 Wishing the Prime Minister @BorisJohnson all the very best and a speedy recovery from everybody at Bright Blue!

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3 years

👏We’re delighted to announce that the winner of the Tamworth Prize 2021 is @TomJackSpencer ! ✍️The competition asked applications how the Government could revive 'left-behind' areas. 👇Make sure to read the winning article on our #CentreWrite blog.

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🗣️ | @MattHancock we’ve got to deliver competent government… my whole point is that we need to deliver things people care about, not focus on the kind of culture wars we’ve seen over the last few days. #DrinkTank

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7 years

Our director @RyanShorthouse was on BBC News arguing that the Conservatives should abandon the net migration target

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6 years

Sir Michael Tugendhat QC praises the role of the UK in driving forward human rights across Europe, but warns that we are now falling behind. The absence of constitutionalised rights leaves equalities open to parliamentary override #BrightBlue

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. @DamianGreen "The modernisation of the Conservative Party needs to start again, and it needs to start now." #SRC17

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📣 We are delighted to announce that @JamesRCowling has joined Bright Blue as an Associate Fellow. James is the Founder of @NextGenTories , the grassroots Conservative campaign to tackle the generational divide.

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🚨 NEW REPORT 🚨 Our latest report "No place like home" is now published. The report examines the benefits & challenges of home working, revealing concerns around digital infrastructure and domestic abuse.

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5 years

Helen Pluckrose: polarisation is being driven by the right reacting against radical parts of the left and vice versa in a vicious cycle #fixingthefuture

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4 years

🏡 We’re kicking off our conference on the centre-right case for social housing in partnership with @Shelter . You can watch the event live now: #BuildSocialHousing

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6 years

. @IoWBobSeely was at the Bright Blue Annual Reception, supporting the work Bright Blue are doing to champion liberal conservative ideas and liberal, open, democratic, meritocratic policy. Embracing the tension and applying the best from both the great traditions.

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7 years

LAUNCHED TODAY Our new petition calling on PM to commit to keeping Britain in ECHR after Brexit. Sign here:

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8 years

We are pleased to have @salvationarmyuk , @HumanTraffFdn & @UnseenOrg give evidence on modern slavery in the UK

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Lone child refugee resettlement programme shouldn't end. Powerful by @heidallenmp We'll be fighting against this

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7 years

Our polling showing that climate change is the second highest issue younger people want politicians to discuss more is covered in Huffington's Post article on the need to tackle climate change.

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📣We are delighted to announce that @PMArslanagic has joined Bright Blue as an Associate Fellow. Phoebe is the Co-Director of Boom, which works for a UK where it’s easier to choose to have children. She is also Senior Policy Advisor at @ImpetusUK and Chair of the @WiTTforum .

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"Climate change is no.1 priority for 18-24 yr olds...this is a big opportunity for the Conservatives" @LauraRound #brightblue #CPC17

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6 years

In our new essay collection, Conservation nation, @DaveGoulson discusses the opportunity Brexit provides to better protect Britain's pollinators. Read it here:

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4 years

🍻 We wouldn't let a pandemic get in the way of #DrinkTank so the next one will be a webinar! 💊 Join us for our first ever online iteration with the one and only @ProfDavidNutt of @Drug_Science . 💻 Register for free here: #COVID ー19 #StayHomeSaveLives

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OUT TODAY Bright Blue's latest report, Hotting up, on the case for deeper decarbonisation and how to deliver it. Read here:

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Our final panel is 'Family-friendly Britain? Removing barriers to help families get on' 🗣️ @Laura__Farris , @RyanShorthouse , @PMArslanagic , @DanPaskins , @lukerobertblack , @_VictoriaBenson , @kiranstacey ⏰18:00-19:00 📅Tuesday 3rd October 🤝 @SavetheChildren and @Gingerbread

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. @JamesCleverly empasises the importance of early intervention: it is vital that we "work out some way of capturing the future saving of deterring a young person from crime" #CPC19 #BrightBlue

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🚨 OUT NOW! Our new report on maturing the market for electric vehicles in the UK. 🚘⚡ We examine uptake of EVs around the world and suggest original fiscal and regulatory policies. Read the full report: #COP26 #ElectricVehicles #EVs #BuildBackBetter

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🚨NEW REPORT 🚨 Our latest report "In Deep Water" is now published. By harnessing AI, the report examines the UK's ability to combat the increasing threat of flooding due to climate change, making recommendations on how to help local communities.

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🌱💷 OUT NOW: Our new report by @jbuckland13 proposing a three-part plan for reforming the UK’s carbon pricing framework and introducing a green dividend to put the UK on a credible and fair path to #NetZero by 2050. Read the full report:

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📣 How can we level up representation in Parliament? 📆 Sunday, 10:30-11:30. 🗣️ @carolinenokes , @anitabboateng , @Kanwal__Gill , @HelenPankhurst , and @sarahsands100 . 🤝 @CentenaryAction . #CPC2020 #levellingup

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🍻 Our flagship party conference Drink Tank with the Health Secretary @sajidjavid has begun! #CPC21 #brightblue 🍻

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🍻 We wouldn't let a pandemic get in the way of #DrinkTank so the next one will be online! 💊 Join us with esteemed scientist and leading drug reform campaigner @ProfDavidNutt of @Drug_Science . 💻 Register for free here:

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In the next #BrightBlueTV : is China a partner, competitor or threat? 🇨🇳 @nixmalik will be joined by @benedictrogers , @CindyXiaodanYu and @RichardGrahamUK . Watch live tomorrow at 12pm:

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"Young people have conservative aspirations...we should understand & do more to deliver" - David Willetts #brightblue #CPC17

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📣We are delighted to announce that @john_cope has joined Bright Blue as an Associate Fellow. John is the Executive Director of Strategy at UCAS ( @ucas_online ).

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🚨 Join us next week for our event: 'A true property-owning democracy: a modern and radical conservative housing policy'. 🗣️ @DSimmonds_RNP , @boys_nicholas , @BGStaniszewski , @pollyn1 , @freddie_poser , @Victoria_Spratt 📅 17th May 2023 🤝 @Shelter RSVP: 👉

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Today, we celebrate, mourn and remember Her Majesty the Queen for her decades of service to the U.K. and the Commonwealth. She was an inspiration and offered a steady hand during a rapidly changing world.

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🏠Bright Blue Researcher @wjprescott writes for @ConHome : 'Gove must not waste his golden opportunity to fix our unjust leasehold system' Read here👇

Will Prescott: Gove must not waste his golden opportunity to fix our unjust leasehold system |...

While capping ground rents is a promising start, unless further amendments are introduced to address the abuse of services, that chance could yet go to waste.

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64% of UK adults support the UK cutting its carbon emissions to zero

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Our director @RyanShorthouse in The Economist: “This Conservative Government seems to not be very conservative, fiscally or institutionally”

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. @JustineGreening says that Britain should “leave no stone unturned to level the playing field of opportunity”. #BrightBlue

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"Loneliness is not natural feature of ageing; it's a response to issues like reduced mobility, health issues & family loss" Angela K @ageuk

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Now, more than ever, we need a strong liberal conservative voice. Support us! Join us! #GeneralElection2017

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🎥 @ZacGoldsmith recently gave a speech for Bright Blue on 'A green recovery' after #COVID19 . 🌍 It followed the release of our #GlobalGreenGiant #conservation report on enhancing #biodiversity . 🗣️ You can watch the complete speech now: #GreenNewNormal

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🧵NEW BOOK THREAD 📖Today, Bright Blue launch: 'A wealth of opportunities: A centre-right prospectus for spreading wealth' 📑21 contributions from leading decision makers, to include @sajidjavid , Lord David Willetts & @nickymorgan01 Read here👉

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“For years, chucking litter has been a crime without a punishment, because councils are so weak-kneed. There is only one sustainable and effective solution to littering: changing the behaviour of people who do it. Nothing else will work.” 💬 Jeremy Paxman, Patron @cleanupbritain

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🚨 TOMORROW: The next episode of #BrightBlueTV . 🚨 @nixmalik will be joined by @Fox_Claire , @robfordmancs and @Femi_Sorry to discuss the Government's plans for a 'free speech champion' and whether 'cancel culture' is a real threat. Watch live at 1pm:

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🗳 THREAD: Sir John Curtice is discussing the #GE2019 with us at #BrightBlue #DrinkTank .

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To celebrate #CommonwealthDay , Andrew Rosindell MP calls for the UK to revive its Commonwealth approach and continue to ensure that the commonwealth is a force for good. #CommonwealthDay2022 ✍️ @AndrewRosindell #CentreWrite

Andrew Rosindell MP: Global Family, The Commonwealth deserves more respect

Over recent weeks and months, all the talk has been about the G7, NATO, and the role that the United Kingdom can â€” and should â€” play in these enormously significant international institutions....

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Very interesting article from @PaulHowellMP on the role of Housing Associations in #LevellingUp Based on a new report from the excellent @placeshapers :

Paul Howell: Locally-led institutions are crucial to the Government's levelling up agenda |...

These bring different people together in pursuit of a common good, so that social cohesion and capital is strengthened.

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Join us this Sunday at #CPC22 for our event: ‘Transformational times? Making levelling up felt by local communities'. 🗣️ @scullyp , @DehennaDavison , @duncanrobinson , @HetanShah , @zoe_billingham , @ailbhe_mcnabola ⏰ 16:30 - 17:45 📍 Exec Room 7, ICC 🤝 @peoplesbiz @IPPRNorth

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5 years

Ian Birrell: “Save the Children has 80 people on 6-figure salaries” #brightblue #CPC19

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3 years

Russia's latest actions have continued to increase tensions between itself and the West. It is time for the UK to accept Russia's new aggressive role and respond with a united and firm front, or risk 'losing the fight'. ✍️ @ChrisHernon #CentreWrite

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 THREAD: Today we release the first research into attitudes to social security in Scotland since the Scotland Act 2016 devolved new powers to Holyrood. 🗳️ Our report offers a critical insight into the views of Scottish voters ahead of the 2021 Scottish Parliament elections.

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The essay by @NickyMorgan01 which is part of our collection on ‘Burning injustices’, co-edited with @jrf_uk , is previewed in The Guardian: Attend the launch tomorrow by signing up here:

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