Jack Rankin

Jack Rankin is the Conservative MP for Windsor.

Conservative radicalism: who should the Tories target? with Jack Rankin MP

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Can the Conservatives win back voters' support through a new kind of 'conservative radicalism'? Jack Rankin, Conservative MP for Windsor, joins James Heale to explain why he believes a focus on aspiration and wealth creation, paired with political courage to combat 'short-termism and stakeholderism', would enhance the Party's appeal and energise its supporter base. Jack argues that Conservative politicians need to be more honest about the country's problems, including with immigration and integration – where the expectation of a minimum level of British values should be set. He doesn't shy away from discussing the Tories' challenging record too, reflecting on political unity, the need for party reform and the flaws of 2019 election winner Boris Johnson.

Conservative radicalism: who should the Tories target? with Jack Rankin MP

The Tobacco Bill shows how we Tories lost our way

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He’s having a tough time of it at the moment, but I’ve always had a soft spot for Andrew Gwynne. You see, I went to sixth form in his then patch when I was already an active, and surely irritating, young Conservative. When my more left-wing classmates were doing work experience with him (and I don’t know if Andrew remembers this) he made it clear he’d take me on too, despite my politics. I didn’t take him up on the offer, but I thought it spoke well of the man, and it stuck with me.  That’s why I gave him the benefit of the doubt when he referred to me as ‘the hon. Member for the Institute of Economic Affairs’ in the recent Tobacco and Vapes Bill Committee.