A Series of Conservative Articles for Jan 2026

 

Things can only get worse: A Crowborough catch-up Madeleine Gillies AS SIR Keir Starmer slithers back into the saddle of his lacklustre leadership, there has been a deluge of messages from No 10. The sort of messages that presumably are supposed to instil a warm glow in the populace and inspire them to heave to and look forward to a sunnier future. What the circling […] Animal rights, the parasite eating the heart out of conservation John Nash THERE is a danger that the people closest to the practical business of wildlife conservation fail to understand the political threat creeping quietly through our world. Gamekeepers, rangers, game managers, veterinarians and landowners are, by necessity, grounded in reality. They deal with animals as animals – living, competing, breeding, dying – inside complex ecosystems that […] Demonised to the end – the outrageous hounding of Valerie Hoff DeCarlo Bernard Carpenter EVERY once in a while, I come across a news story that defies any attempt to rationalise the casual cruelty it embodies. At a time when identity dominates much of our thinking about politics and culture, most of these stories revolve around race, sexuality or gender. Such stories abound in the callous age in which […] The British MPs who put sectarian interests first and foremost Bruce Newsome AN increasing number of Britain’s elected officials are prioritising foreign interests and minorities over British interests. Such a shift in parliamentary norms shouldn’t be dismissed as representative of diversity. It enables distorted policy, foreign influence, protection of minority criminal gangs (such as Pakistani child rapists and Somali fraudsters), two-tier justice, self-segregation, ‘third-world tribalism’ (as articulated by Suella […] Starmer’s ‘anti-Muslim hostility’ crackdown will pour fuel on the fire Matt Goodwin LAST year I repeatedly warned that the ruling class in the UK is moving to shut down public debate about Islam. This year it will become reality. Why do I say this? Just look at what Keir Starmer’s authoritarian progressive Labour government is proposing, building on their suggested definition of ‘Islamophobia’ last year. Now, under […] Letter of the day Our Readers Dear Editor The basis of democracy is the ballot box. This requires members of law-making bodies to be elected. But members of the United Nations and similar bodies are appointed, not elected. It follows that the laws they make are illegitimate. Norman TaylorOxfordshire Please send submissions to info@conservativewoman.co.uk and put ‘Letter of the day’ in […]