To coincide with One Nation Day 2019, the Tory Reform Group has published a special edition of The Reformer featuring 40 articles from parliamentarians and TRG members.
Chairman’s Foreword
We live in challenging times. Political identity is breaking down, the old norms of left and right are being tested, and a new populism is taking root in democracies across the western world. Added to that, the new political divide is more often generational, with younger voters switched off from a Conservative Party that has spent a decade cleaning up the mess of the financial crisis.
How should the Conservative party respond, how do we reboot capitalism and reform our party – as we have done over decades – to connect with a new generation of voters?
Across eight chapters, with contributions from parliamentarians in both houses and TRG members of all ages, this publication explores some ideas to do just that.
At a time when a single issue – the UK’s relationship with the European Union – has dominated political discussion for the past four years, crowding out all other policy making,
this special edition of The Reformer is a collection of ideas, in articles of varying length and detail to help move the domestic agenda forward.
This document is an aide to discussion, designed to inspire creative policy thinking; it is not a manifesto. The views expressed are those of the author of each article, with contributors invited to write a piece which would “start a conversation and demonstrate a range of thinking about how compassionate, pragmatic, One Nation Conservative values can provide solutions to today’s social, economic and political challenges.”
From public services to global Britain, through the environment, business and the economy, to localism, these pages explore how One Nation Conservatism can work in action and how the Conservative Party can maintain its position as the oldest, most successful party in the western
world; delivering a prosperous, sustainable future for all.
I want to thank everyone who has taken the time to write for The Reformer and I hope it gives readers some inspiration and provokes debate. I invite you to join the discussion on the forum pages of this website and if you’re not already a member, please join the TRG and help strengthen our network.
Owen Meredith
National Chairman, TRG