I don't know how I missed this article last week but I did.
Better late than never, I'd like to draw your attention to Post Euro-elections fightback: 50 policies for the future by Paul Goodman, editor of Conservative Home.
'Policy isn’t everything,' wrote Paul. 'A party can have the best set of policies in the country, and still make no headway with voters. They may dislike its personnel or distrust its record.'
That said, 'Policies help to win elections.'
Paul then lists 50 policies 'that should be floated over the next year and set out in the Conservative manifesto'.
I won't list them – you can read the article for yourself – but one 'policy' did jump out:
- Dump the plan to put plain packaging on cigarettes.
Perhaps that stand at the ConHome conference didn't go unnoticed!
Below: Paul Goodman (bottom left) is interviewed by Michael Crick of Channel 4 News (foreground, back to camera) at the ConHome conference on May 24. In the background, Forest's Hands Off Our Packs stand.
