I'm currently in Ottawa with Matthew Elliott of The TaxPayers' Alliance. Earlier on Friday, as part of a conference hosted by the Manning Centre, we gave a joint presentation on the state of conservatism in Britain. I reproduce two of Matthew's PowerPoint slides below, showing the growth of our country's conservative movement since 1997. By conservative movement I mean the infrastructure outside of the party that supports small 'c' conservative values.
In 1997:
Today:
