Tom Jones

Tom Jones is a writer and Councillor for Scotton and Lower Wensleydale. He tweets at @93vintagejones

Its short-term benefits are obvious but it is not a long-term solution

There is no point in being a member just to be browbeaten about our past

The continent is waking up to the need for solutions, and Britain must wake up as well

He can reform the party and take on Labour

It has been a disaster for the party and for the nation

Its vagueness and sentimentality encourage political opportunism

There is nothing “moderate” about the Tory centrists

Reform can be major player — but it will take good sense and dedication

Rishi Sunak needs a vision for the country, not just anti-Starmer posturing

British politicians have made a fatal commitment to human quantitative easing