Daniel Pitt: Conservative statecraft and party renewal are old ideas but there's a lot we can learn from them

Daniel Pitt: Conservative statecraft and party renewal are old ideas but there's a lot we can learn from them

Dr Daniel Pitt is an Honorary Fellow at the University of Buckingham.  Conservative statecraft is an old idea, the time for which has come again. Taking a long view of our present discontents can help us understand them. Reflecting on historical events and great figures of our past can provide us with a map of sorts to move forward. Deep reading and reflection were foundational to the 3rd Marquess of Salisbury’s political action. To be a bit mor…