Oliver Middleton

Oliver Middleton is a member of the Conservative Party and former Labour PPC.

Articles

Politics

The one lesson Kemi Badenoch should take from Keir Starmer

Polling shows general elections are nearly always decided months, sometimes weeks, before they take place. Why? Because although first impressions count, and most voters do form a clear view on the personalities involved in elections much earlier, your average voter isn’t the faintest bit interested in an opposition party’s tax or immigration policy when they […]

Business

Don’t be fooled, Labour still don’t understand business

President Eisenhower once remarked, ‘Farming looks mighty easy when your plough is a pencil, and you’re a thousand miles from the cornfield’. As someone whose first job was on a farm, I concur with Mr Eisenhower.  This quote also encapsulates Labour’s evolving relationship with business, particularly courting investment; it looks and feels very easy when […]