David Skelton Articles

Conservative thinktank Renewal's new pamphlet The Party of Opportunity is intended to blow away the idea that the Conservative party is only for braying public schoolboys and hard-faced men who have done well out of capitalism. In the pamphlet 14 Tory members of...

In last month’s Progress magazine, I spoke to David Skelton and other Tory thinkers and advisers about their plans to change Conservatism and make the Tory party more appealing to northern, working-class and ethnic minority voters. Then, although the ideas and the...

David Skelton thinks he can revive the Tories’ fortunes in the north. Hopi Sen assesses his chances It is early morning on 8 May 2020. The re-elected Conservative MP for Halifax is recovering in bed. It was a long count last night, but already she must get back to...

The tide of history is against Tories hoping to rebuild in the north, says Lewis Baston Labour has been agonising over its ‘southern discomfort’ for over 20 years. Some Conservatives, such as David Skelton, have only just started to think seriously about their...