National Chairman, @CCACllrs; Strategic Adviser (mainly education/skills); Senior Counsel @PLMRltd; Former Exec Director, UCAS

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Joined November 2009
Cllr John Cope retweeted
👀 ‘One Reform insider said senior party figures now believe they could be heading to just 15 per cent in the polls as soon as next month based on their current trajectory.’
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Cllr John Cope retweeted
Westminster Voting Intention: LAB: 24% (-3) CON: 23% (+3) REF: 21% (-1) LDM: 12% (+1) GRN: 11% (=) via @YouGov, 11-12 Oct (Changes with 5 Oct)
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Cllr John Cope retweeted
Conservatives list Labour-Green administrations in local government. Will the party now take action? They say they will....
Burnham says no deals with the Greens - has he forgotten about local government ⁉️ Sheffield: Two-party joint administration - Labour and Green Groups Warwick: Green–Labour coalition; both parties hold cabinet positions Lewes: Green–Labour Co-operative Alliance; current council records confirm both group leaders hold cabinet responsibilities Havant: Labour-led coalition with Greens and Liberal Democrats West Oxfordshire: Liberal Democrat-Labour-Green alliance, renewed in May 2026 North Somerset: Partnership of Liberal Democrats, Labour, Greens and independent groups Rother: Independent–Labour–Liberal Democrat–Green alliance Runnymede: Joint administration containing Labour, Greens, Liberal Democrats and residents/independents West Suffolk: Labour, Liberal Democrats and Greens within the Progressive Alliance, governing in partnership with independents Labour just don't get it.
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Cllr John Cope retweeted
Ukraine’s freedom is not President Trump’s to bargain away. He is wrong to ease sanctions on Russian diesel, wrong to blame President Zelensky for prolonging Putin’s war, and wrong to undermine a nation fighting for its right to exist. Russia is the aggressor. Always has been. Reward Russia, and we should expect to see more aggression, including from other countries. We can also kiss goodbye to any just and lasting peace. This is why Conservatives have stood with Ukraine against Putin. Ukraine’s future belongs to Ukrainians. They alone have the right to choose their president, and we stand with President Zelensky because he fights not for himself, but for the survival of his country and his people.
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Cllr John Cope retweeted
It is sickening that the USA is now lifting sanctions on Russian fuel, and transparently ridiculous to blame Ukraine for the spike in prices that obviously began with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Putin is murdering innocent Ukrainian civilians every day. The Ukrainians are fighting for their lives. And yet the White House is apparently determined to force American drivers to bankroll Putin’s slaughter. It won’t work and I doubt it will make much difference to the price of fuel. If we want Russian oil and gas back on the world market then let’s end this war - with a free, sovereign and independent Ukraine.
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Cllr John Cope retweeted
The strongest section of Kemi Badenoch's speech so far: "To those who say “unite the right”... we are not uniting with THAT. I don’t want to live in a country run by people who threaten journalists, call veterans traitors and debate whether my mixed-race children are English. "I don’t want to explain to my son, when we’re watching our brilliant England team play football, that some people don’t think our black players are English. "I remember back in the day when Ian Wright and John Barnes were playing - nobody was questioning whether they were English. We certainly didn’t have sitting MPs questioning whether they were English. "We must not let these people take us backwards. That is not the country we are. I don’t know whether you’ve noticed, but I am black. I am British. I’m proud of my country, I’m proud of our history."
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Cllr John Cope retweeted
Looking forward to pretending I'm still youthful enough to comment on the problems facing young people! Can't wait to get stuck in with @marchong_joanna @kafkaswife @JoePJRobertson @john_cope
Replying to @ukonward
No Country for Young Workers: What's coming for the next generation? @marchong_joanna @JoePJRobertson @CarolineElsom @john_cope @kafkaswife
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Really looking forward to @ukOnward's party conference panel on how we save young people from drifting onto welfare and get them into good jobs and great careers. Stellar panel with @JoePJRobertson MP, @marchong_joanna , @CarolineElsom , and @kafkaswife 👏🏼
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Youth unemployment has risen sharply over the last few years, and the drivers are not hard to find: - AI reshaping entry-level roles - higher taxes on employing people - growing thicket of employment regulation If we are serious about social justice, this is the problem to fix
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Really looking forward to this 👇
Replying to @ukonward
No Country for Young Workers: What's coming for the next generation? @marchong_joanna @JoePJRobertson @CarolineElsom @john_cope @kafkaswife
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Aren't populists meant to be popular?
69% of Britons now have an unfavourable opinion of Nigel Farage (9-10 Sep 2026), the highest recorded by our tracker in the decade it has run Favourable: 24% (+1 from 13-14 Aug) Unfavourable: 69% (+2) Net: -45 (-1)
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Cllr John Cope retweeted
CUT TO: Lucy Powell, shaking her fist at the heavens - “GOOOOOOOVE!!!!”
New PISA data out England is now top ten in all three areas (reading, maths, science) and the second highest performing country outside of east Asia (after Estonia). This is a huge public policy success.
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Cllr John Cope retweeted
Westminster Voting Intention: LAB: 26% (-1) CON: 23% (+1) RFM: 22% (-1) LDM: 11% (+1) GRN: 9% (=) RES: 4% (=) SNP: 3% (+1) Via @Moreincommon_, 28-31 Aug. Changes w/ 21-23 Aug.
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We want to thank @JamesCleverly for his support and friendship as we’ve worked together to ensure the voices of our members have been heard throughout the Party, especially as we continue the ongoing journey of party renewal.
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Led by @VictoriaAtkins & @HarrietCross_MP, Conservative MPs, MSPs, Senedd members & the @CCACllrs are calling on Andy Burnham to reverse the damaging Family Farm & Family Business Taxes 👇
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Cllr John Cope retweeted
'There is little more dangerous to Britain’s prosperity than a Liberal Democrat MP. 'For all of the party’s moralistic grandstanding on the national stage about matters of climate change, diplomacy and, for some reason, Fifa, the party proves time and again it is little more than a cover for the selfish, the petty and the tragically short-sighted.' Read @jamesbaxterd's full analysis: telegraph.co.uk/money/consum…
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Cllr John Cope retweeted
An excellent piece by @john_cope on @andyburnham’s bogus devolution.
From @john_cope: Burnham only offers devolution for big state and high tax policies conservativehome.com/2026/08…
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