How broad should a broad church be?
Kemi Badenoch’s crackdown on Conservative candidate selections hasn’t been front-page news, because nothing the Tories do is front-page news. But it’s a good opportunity to talk about the desirability, and viability, of the “broad church”. The term “broad church” describes the historic character of our major parties.
- ▪Kemi Badenoch’s crackdown on Conservative candidate selections hasn’t been front-page news, because nothing the Tories do is front-page news.
- ▪But it’s a good opportunity to talk about the desirability, and viability, of the “broad church”.
- ▪The term “broad church” describes the historic character of our major parties.
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| Original publisher | The Critic |
| Canonical URL | https://thecritic.co.uk/how-broad-should-a-broad-church-be/ |
| Publication time | Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:28:06 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-07-24T08:27:16.277Z |
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Kemi Badenoch’s crackdown on Conservative candidate selections hasn’t been front-page news, because nothing the Tories do is front-page news. But it’s a good opportunity to talk about the desirability, and viability, of the “broad church”. The term “broad church” describes the historic character of our major parties. Under our electoral system, which militates against smaller parties, the big ones tend to have the character of permanently constituted coalitions, compassing a broad span of opinion on the left and the right respectively.
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