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@davidgauke

@davidgauke.bsky.social

Recovering politician, writes columns, editor of The Case For The Centre Right.

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@davidgauke@davidgauke.bsky.social · 2d ago

The political strategy has taken a welcome change in direction but there’s much more to be done to re-establish economic and fiscal credibility. My ConHome verdict on the Conservative Party Conference. conservativehome.com/2026/10/12/d...

David Gauke: My verdict on Tory Party Conference is not, perhaps, what you're expecting | Conservative Home

Rebuilding support from affluent voters makes political sense. For it to succeed, however, greater emphasis on economic and fiscal credibility is needed which will require some political bravery on is...

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@davidgauke@davidgauke.bsky.social · 2d ago

The political strategy has taken a welcome change in direction but there’s much more to be done to re-establish economic and fiscal credibility. My ConHome verdict on the Conservative Party Conference. conservativehome.com/2026/10/12/d...

David Gauke: My verdict on Tory Party Conference is not, perhaps, what you're expecting | Conservative Home

Rebuilding support from affluent voters makes political sense. For it to succeed, however, greater emphasis on economic and fiscal credibility is needed which will require some political bravery on is...

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@davidgauke@davidgauke.bsky.social · 2w ago

Why the current bidding war on tax cuts is out of touch with fiscal reality. My piece for ConHome. conservativehome.com/2026/09/28/d...

David Gauke: Tax policy is about suppressing your desire for the popular and opting for what actually works | Conservative Home

the brutal truth today is that there is no money left for anything but, at best, the most growth focused tax cuts. Here is a test for the Conservative Party at next week’s party conference.  Be better...

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@davidgauke@davidgauke.bsky.social · 4w ago

He might be sitting on two new huge donations, but it’s still plausible that Nigel Farage might walk away from frontline politics. What happens then? My piece for ConHome. conservativehome.com/2026/09/14/d...

David Gauke: What happens if Nigel Farage walks away? | Conservative Home

If Farage goes – and it remains an ‘if’ - the threat to the Conservative Party from its right will be diminished. It is a great opportunity but also creates a crucial strategic dilemma. The Conservati...

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@davidgauke@davidgauke.bsky.social · 4w ago

He might be sitting on two new huge donations, but it’s still plausible that Nigel Farage might walk away from frontline politics. What happens then? My piece for ConHome. conservativehome.com/2026/09/14/d...

David Gauke: What happens if Nigel Farage walks away? | Conservative Home

If Farage goes – and it remains an ‘if’ - the threat to the Conservative Party from its right will be diminished. It is a great opportunity but also creates a crucial strategic dilemma. The Conservati...

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@davidgauke@davidgauke.bsky.social · last mo.

Why stripping the Treasury of responsibility for growth and moving it to No 10 North would be a mistake. My piece for ConHome. conservativehome.com/2026/08/31/d...

David Gauke: The throwaway line we've heard no more of, but would be a massive power shift to Burnham's beloved Manchester | Conservative Home

No 10 North would inevitably reflect the instincts of its founder.  I fear it would be statist, prioritising reducing regional inequality over aggregate growth, and it would be suspicious of technolog...

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@davidgauke@davidgauke.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Public disillusionment doesn’t stem from politicians failing to understand the public’s priorities and trying to meet them; it has been that politicians have too often failed to deliver what has been promised. My ConHome piece on the “politics of trying”. conservativehome.com/2026/08/17/d...

David Gauke: If at first Burnham doesn't succeed, he's going to tell you he'll try trying again | Conservative Home

Burnham is a Prime Minister who demonstrably tries, and the public will appreciate that for a while.  But it is ultimately not good intentions that matter.  Trying must be followed by succeeding, and ...

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@davidgauke@davidgauke.bsky.social · 2mo ago

My piece for ConHome on the “politics of trying” and why good intentions are not enough to over one hard facts. conservativehome.com/2026/08/17/d...

David Gauke: If at first Burnham doesn't succeed, he's going to tell you he'll try trying again | Conservative Home

Burnham is a Prime Minister who demonstrably tries, and the public will appreciate that for a while.  But it is ultimately not good intentions that matter.  Trying must be followed by succeeding, and ...

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@davidgauke@davidgauke.bsky.social · 3mo ago

There are some important lessons to be learnt from the failures of the Conservative government of 2019-2024 but it looks like both Burnham & Badenoch are learning the wrong ones. My ConHome piece on the new government plus “the purge of the wets”. conservativehome.com/2026/07/20/d...

David Gauke: Getting the blame game wrong - you purge if you want to but it's lazy who they are purging | Conservative Home

Look at the drivers of the decline of the Conservatives’ popularity: there was always likely to be a moment when Johnson’s lack of integrity was likely to cause a political crisis; there was always li...

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Stephen Bush@stephenkb.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Great piece this. "The real problem was that what the party offered in 2019 was incoherent and implausible and relied on a coalition of supporters that was inherently unstable...."

@davidgauke@davidgauke.bsky.social · 3mo ago

There are some important lessons to be learnt from the failures of the Conservative government of 2019-2024 but it looks like both Burnham & Badenoch are learning the wrong ones. My ConHome piece on the new government plus “the purge of the wets”. conservativehome.com/2026/07/20/d...

@davidgauke@davidgauke.bsky.social · 3mo ago

There are some important lessons to be learnt from the failures of the Conservative government of 2019-2024 but it looks like both Burnham & Badenoch are learning the wrong ones. My ConHome piece on the new government plus “the purge of the wets”. conservativehome.com/2026/07/20/d...

David Gauke: Getting the blame game wrong - you purge if you want to but it's lazy who they are purging | Conservative Home

Look at the drivers of the decline of the Conservatives’ popularity: there was always likely to be a moment when Johnson’s lack of integrity was likely to cause a political crisis; there was always li...

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@davidgauke@davidgauke.bsky.social · 4mo ago

What the Makerfield and Aberdeen South by-elections tell us. My piece for ConHome on a good night for the Tories and why tactical voting could be disastrous for Reform. conservativehome.com/2026/06/22/d...

David Gauke: Bye bye to the big by-election everyone remembers, but don't forget it wasn't the only one | Conservative Home

In the context of Kemi Badenoch’s improving personal rating (now the least unpopular party leader in the country) and the growing evidence that the air is leaving the Reform balloon, in the gains of 1...

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elainep.bsky.social@elainep.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Quote re Burnham which really worries me. ‘His habit of saying whatever the audience in front of him wants to hear will, I fear, make him a poor Prime Minister, but it is an annoyingly successful approach to winning elections.’

Simon Pease@simonpease.bsky.social · 4mo ago

David Gauke has picked out what, for me was the main message of the recent by elections, not much mentioned. Reform is very vulnerable to tactical voting. It was there in Makerfield, including defections from Conservatives who want to stop Farage.

@davidgauke@davidgauke.bsky.social · 4mo ago

What the Makerfield and Aberdeen South by-elections tell us. My piece for ConHome on a good night for the Tories and why tactical voting could be disastrous for Reform. conservativehome.com/2026/06/22/d...

@davidgauke@davidgauke.bsky.social · 4mo ago

What the Makerfield and Aberdeen South by-elections tell us. My piece for ConHome on a good night for the Tories and why tactical voting could be disastrous for Reform. conservativehome.com/2026/06/22/d...

David Gauke: Bye bye to the big by-election everyone remembers, but don't forget it wasn't the only one | Conservative Home

In the context of Kemi Badenoch’s improving personal rating (now the least unpopular party leader in the country) and the growing evidence that the air is leaving the Reform balloon, in the gains of 1...

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Stephen Bush@stephenkb.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Good piece - contains a link to a Police Professional piece by Tony Thompson that is really worth your time also:

Police Professional | First lie wins First lie wins – Police Professional

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@davidgauke@davidgauke.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Why what went wrong when the police arrived at the scene might have nothing to do with race, but the police still need to change their wider approach. Plus why Reform’s response shows why the Tories can’t do business with them. My ConHome piece on the Nowak case. conservativehome.com/2026/06/08/d...

@davidgauke@davidgauke.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Why what went wrong when the police arrived at the scene might have nothing to do with race, but the police still need to change their wider approach. Plus why Reform’s response shows why the Tories can’t do business with them. My ConHome piece on the Nowak case. conservativehome.com/2026/06/08/d...

David Gauke: The political lessons of the murder of Henry Nowak, are not just about policing and the law | Conservative Home

Contrary to his parents' wishes, the murder has become a political – and divisive – issue.  Naturally there is close scrutiny of how the police acted and about wider police culture. But it has also re...

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@davidgauke@davidgauke.bsky.social · 5mo ago

How Andy Burnham has to speak to Makerfield voters, Labour members & the bond market - and what his policy contortions tell us about the Labour Party. My piece for ConHome. conservativehome.com/2026/05/25/d...

David Gauke: Burnham cannot muddle through fiscal policy forever | Conservative Home

At some point tough decisions on public spending are going to have to be made, and neither Burnham nor his party are reconciled to that. He can kick the issue of EU membership into the long grass, but...

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@davidgauke@davidgauke.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Makerfield voted 65% Leave in 2016 (the 75th most Leave seat). Over the next few weeks, there’ll be plenty of news coverage about Brexit (reset negotiations, 10th anniversary). Andy Burnham is a rejoiner. If Reform can’t make Brexit work for them here, it’ll tell us a lot.

@davidgauke@davidgauke.bsky.social · 5mo ago

In the circumstances where a centre left government will have failed but most of the country does not want a Reform government, there is plenty of space for a centre right platform to prosper. My piece for ConHome. conservativehome.com/2026/05/11/d...

David Gauke: Cannons to the right of them, cannons to the left - Labour's dilemma is also that of the Tories | Conservative Home

The strategic challenge for the Tories is that it has been losing support to both its right and left.  Move decisively to the right and more votes get lost to left-wing parties, move decisively to the...

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@davidgauke@davidgauke.bsky.social · 5mo ago

My ConHome piece on the election results and why the Conservatives need to change strategy and appeal more to swing voters and anti-Reform tactical voters. conservativehome.com/2026/05/11/d...

David Gauke: Cannons to the right of them, cannons to the left - Labour's dilemma is also that of the Tories | Conservative Home

The strategic challenge for the Tories is that it has been losing support to both its right and left.  Move decisively to the right and more votes get lost to left-wing parties, move decisively to the...

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