‘Talk Is Cheap,’ New Congresswoman Says About Left’s Calls for Unity
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‘Talk Is Cheap,’ New Congresswoman Says About Left’s Calls for Unity

Freshman Rep. Beth Van Duyne, R-Texas, says she is committed to focusing on the “meat and potato issues that affect people’s daily lives.” Van Duyne was the first female mayor of Irving, Texas, from 2011-2017. Now, she says, she’ll draw on her experience in local government to listen to the needs and concerns of Americans…

Trump’s Policy Achievements Strong Foundation for Conservative Future
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Trump’s Policy Achievements Strong Foundation for Conservative Future

The Congressional Budget Office now projects that economic recovery in 2021 will be faster than it predicted last July. It projects that the economy will be back to its pre-pandemic levels by mid-2021. This very good news reflects the fact that the economic turndown was not as severe as the federal agency had expected, and…

The Great Wall of Washington
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The Great Wall of Washington

According to President Joe Biden, Democrats were supposed to be building bridges—not walls! Tell that to his party’s leaders, who are actually considering a plan to add a permanent, razor wire fence around the Capitol complex. Despite major pushback from both parties, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., have told reporters…

Robin Millar: The Shared Prosperity Fund will unleash Wales’ potential – and take back control from unaccountable bureaucrats

Robin Millar: The Shared Prosperity Fund will unleash Wales’ potential – and take back control from unaccountable bureaucrats

Robin Millar is the MP for Aberconwy. Welsh devolution began twenty years ago with a promise. We were told that it would bring power to a local level and empower us to fix the problems we saw around us. Fundamentally, it was about giving people in Wales the power to improve our communities. The dream…

Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: Johnson the statesman is working for open borders by sea and land

Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: Johnson the statesman is working for open borders by sea and land

“Be the Unionist we need you to be,” Ian Paisley (DUP, Antrim North) exhorted the Prime Minister via video link. Paisley lamented that “the Protocol has betrayed us and made us feel like foreigners in our own country”. He added that “tea and sympathy will not cut the mustard” and asked the Prime Minister: “Will…

Montana Lawmaker Outlines Troubling Implications of Biden’s Executive Actions

Montana Lawmaker Outlines Troubling Implications of Biden’s Executive Actions

Freshman Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., has entered the House with a bold plan to develop America’s natural resources and push back on the agenda of the far left. Rosendale joined “The Daily Signal Podcast” during a recent trip to the U.S.- Mexico border to discuss why he ran for Congress, his former service in the…

Elliot Colburn: This pandemic has shown the urgent need for social care reform

Elliot Colburn: This pandemic has shown the urgent need for social care reform

Elliot Colburn is the MP for Carshalton and Wallington As we reflect on our shared experiences during the pandemic, it’s clear to me that one of the biggest lessons our party can learn from 2020 is that the time for addressing the issue of long-term social care reform is now. As the party of government,…

Our survey. If there is English separatism among Conservative activists, it’s well concealed.

Our survey. If there is English separatism among Conservative activists, it’s well concealed.

The answers have barely moved since we asked the same question last August – a tribute to the consistency of the survey panel members. Those to whom the Union isn’t important at all are a tiny fraction of the whole, four per cent. The August figure was five per cent. Add the seven per cent…