Quote of the day 14th May 2026
"There is no lie your opponent can tell about you that hurts as keenly as an uncomfortable truth."
(Stephen Daisley, from his article on Kemi Badenoch's response to the King's Speech, see blogpost at
Christopher Whiteside MBE is currently chairman of Whitehaven & Workington Conservatives. He writes this blog in a personal capacity. He previously stood for parliament in Copeland and Leeds NE. He has served as a County, City & District, Borough, Town and Parish councillor, and has also been a school governor and health authority member. He is currently an Egremont Town Councillor. He lives and works in the North of England, dividing his time between Cumbria and Yorkshire.
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Even if she doesn't become Prime Minister - and I think there is a very good chance that she may - it is possible that instead she may be remembered as the leader who saved the world's oldest political party from extinction.