National Articles

Planning and housebuilding

Our housebuilding agreement with Michael Gove will help deliver the community-led planning system we need

Bob Seely and Theresa Villiers

The Telegraph

05/12/2022

Government’s planning policy needs a rethink

Bob Seely

The Times

23/11/2022

The Conservative Party must change or risk being bulldozed by their own voters

Bob Seely

The Telegraph

21/06/2021

The case against planning revolutionaries – and their flawed assumptions about how to get housing done

Bob Seely

ConservativeHome

18/06/2021

The Government’s current approach to housing needs intelligent, sensitive reforms – not a complete overhaul

Bob Seely

ConservativeHome

05/06/2021

Ministers must revise the housing plan to give our cities the homes they need

Bob Seely

ConservativeHome

08/10/2020

'Computer says no' house building plan is another own goal

Bob Seely

The Telegraph

28/09/2020

The Government must urgently re-assess its misguided housebuilding strategy

Bob Seely

ConservativeHome

11/09/2020

Scrap the automatic Right to Buy. And nine other ideas to make housing sustainable

Bob Seely

ConservativeHome

15/07/2019

My housing challenge to think tanks. Devise a strategy that will prize social justice above economic liberalism

Bob Seely

ConservativeHome

10/06/2018

 

Russia

Biden has just made his worst decision on Ukraine so far

Bob Seely

The Telegraph

06/07/2023

Russia’s summer of political and military chaos. And what it means for the war in Ukraine.

Bob Seely

ConservativeHome

27/06/2023

Vladimir Putin is preparing to attack the UK

Bob Seely

The Telegraph

0/04/2023

Putin is preparing for a nuclear showdown - we must be ready

Bob Seely and Hamish De Bretton-Gordon

The Telegraph

15/03/2023

What Russia Says About Nuclear Weapons And What It Means

Bob Seely et al.

1945

14/03/2023

We MUST give Ukraine the tools to finish this war, writes Bob Seely MP

Bob Seely

The Daily Mail

08/02/2023

How Sunak can help Russia’s political prisoners

Bob Seely

The Times

18/01/2023

Why arming Ukraine to win is the least bad option for the West

Bob Seely

ConservativeHome

11/01/2023

Why the loss of Kherson is bad for Russia – but not fatal

Bob Seely

ConservativeHome

14/11/2022

We are entering a terrifying new phase of the Russo-Ukraine war

Bob Seely

The Telegraph

02/10/2022

How should the West respond to Putin’s nuclear threats?

Bob Seely

The Spectator

21/09/2022

Our visit to Kyiv, meeting with Zelensky, and my sense of the opportunities and dangers ahead

Bob Seely

ConservativeHome

20/09/2022

Russia and the war. 3) Tactics.

Bob Seely

ConservativeHome

17/03/2022

Russia and the war. 2) Its military.

Bob Seely

ConservativeHome

16/03/2022

Russia and the war. 1) Its aims.

Bob Seely

ConservativeHome

15/03/2022

What Moscow doctrine says about using nuclear and chemical weapons

Bob Seely

ConservativeHome

09/03/2022

We should have deterred a Russian invasion decades ago

Bob Seely

The Times

25/02/2022

The current climate in Bosnia is a concern for the international community

Bob Seely

The Times

01/02/2022

Putin is ready to gamble on war with the West

Bob Seely

The Telegraph

16/11/2021

How Russia’s spies became the best known secret agents on the planet

Bob Seely

The Spectator

04/10/2018

With Putin buying some EU states and bullying others, Britain cannot expect a united front on sanctions

Bob Seely

The Telegraph

21/08/2018

Ten steps to defend our country against the aggression and subversion of Putin’s Russia.

Bob Seely

ConservativeHome

06/09/2018

Russia is waging a new kind of conflict

Bob Seely and Dr Andrew Foxall

The Times

04/06/2018

Ukraine's flirtation with fake news could be disastrous for the West

Bob Seely

The Telegraph

31/05/2018

Kremlin-linked oligarchs’ money is used to harm our democracy – we must defend ourselves

Bob Seely

ConservativeHome

21/05/2018

How Russia's trolls and propagandists have turned Soviet disinformation into a terrifying art form

Bob Seely

The Telegraph

16/04/2018

The toolkit for Kremlin’s new warfare

Bob Seely and Alya Shandra

The Times

02/04/2018

How to stop cyber-savvy Vladimir Putin fixing the next election to get Jeremy Corbyn into No10

Bob Seely

The Sun

25/03/2018

Why the Kremlin likes using poison

Bob Seely

The Spectator

6/03/2018

 

China

Welcoming Hong Kongers shows Global Britain is willing to do more than virtue signal

Bob Seely

The Telegraph

31/01/2021

China's data gathering must serve as a wake-up call for the British Government

Bob Seely

The Telegraph

13/09/2020

It’s not all good news for Huawei

Bob Seely

Spectator US

14/07/2020

A new reality means a new, realistic British policy towards China

Bob Seely

CapX

09/07/2020

We do not want to see China undermining the rules-based global order

Bob Seely and Iain Duncan Smith

The Telegraph

08/06/2020

While we are distracted by Covid-19, China prepares to seize Hong Kong – and crush freedom

Bob Seely

ConservativeHome

24/05/2020

Our leaders must wake up: dependence on China is dangerous

Bob Seely

The Times

14/05/2020

Our allies have said, ‘No way, Huawei’ - we should take the threat seriously and do the same

Bob Seely

The Times

26/01/2020

Why the Government should listen to our allies and say: no way, Huawei

Bob Seely

ConservativeHome

13/01/2020

Hong Kong shows us we must be clearer about defending our values

Bob Seely

Sydney Morning Herald

02/09/2019

When it comes to the rights of Hong Kongers, Britain must be clearer with China

Bob Seely

The Telegraph

01/09/2019

Donald Trump is absolutely right about Huawei, and anyone interested in being PM should listen

Bob Seely

The Telegraph

02/06/2019

The contents of the Huawei leak are the real threat to national security

Bob Seely

The Telegraph

02/05/2019

There's no way we can trust the tech arm of the Chinese state to run our communications

Bob Seely and John Hemmings

The Telegraph

24/04/2019

Williamson is right. China and Huawei are threats to our security

Bob Seely

ConservativeHome

30/12/2018

 

Other foreign affairs

Afghanistan: a long-term strategy is needed

Bob Seely

The Times

18/08/2021

We have to keep our promise to the world's poorest - and save the 0.7 per cent target

Bob Seely

New Statesman

11/12/2020

Britain can lead in the new age of warfare

Bob Seely

The Telegraph

19/11/2020

Abolishing DfID 1) The case for. “Is this the be all and end all? No. But it is a great start.”

Bob Seely

ConservativeHome

17/06/2020

Bob Seely: How to make our foreign policy really work for Britain

Bob Seely

ConservativeHome

27/01/2020

How should Britain react to the escalating crisis in Iran?

Bob Seely

The Telegraph

08/01/2020

Trump may have just re-ignited a ‘hot cold war’ in the Middle East

Bob Seely

ConservativeHome

03/01/2020

How Iran is seeking to hit the West where it hurts – at the petrol pumps

Bob Seely

ConservativeHome

19/09/2019

In the Gulf, we are paying the price for starving defence of funding for so long

Bob Seely

ConservativeHome

23/07/2019

Proposals for CANZUK

Bob Seely

The British Interest

15/06/2019

Julian Assange, useful idiot and Left-wing dupe, will finally have to answer for his actions

Bob Seely

The Telegraph

11/04/2019

The rule of law is an absolute. It cannot be dispensed with when we deal with ISIS terrorists

Bob Seely

ConservativeHome

15/02/2019

Where do the midterms leave the Mueller investigation?

Bob Seely

CapX

09/11/2018

We need a list of lobbyists for hostile states

Bob Seely

The Times

25/10/2018

What does Global Britain really mean?

Bob Seely

CapX

02/10/2018

The online activists who found the Salisbury 'hitman' are our best weapon against Putin's lies

Bob Seely

The Telegraph

27/09/2018

Bob Seely and James Rogers: Britain remains remarkable - let’s challenge the ‘New Declinism’

Bob Seely and James Rogers

ConservativeHome

23/08/2018

Perhaps the first war in which hospitals are the primary target. What I saw and heard on Syria’s border

Bob Seely

ConservativeHome

25/07/2018

The Answer To Yemen Is Neither Bombs Nor Bribes - Britain Needs A New Plan

Bob Seely and Elisabeth Kendall

HuffPost

17/05/2018

Bob Seely: Labour’s press chief Seumas Milne ‘peddled Putin’s lies’

Bob Seely

The Times

06/05/2018

I’m a Tory MP and former soldier. Bombing Syria would make things worse

Bob Seely

The Guardian

12/04/2018

Syria's humanitarian disaster is fast becoming a global crisis

Bob Seely

CapX

09/04/2018

Australia's critical role in fighting weapons of influence

Bob Seely

Sydney Morning Herald

24/02/2018

Seven reasons why Liam Fox is wrong to question Sir David Richards’ assertion that British forces may need to remain in Afghanistan for decades

Bob Seely

ConservativeHome

13/08/2009

We shouldn’t have supported Kosovan independence

Bob Seely

ConservativeHome

15/04/2008

 

Politics

Lessons from the Cummings era about leadership, decentralisation, localism – and making more use of MPs

Bob Seely

ConservativeHome

25/11/2020

What the Isle of Wight has learned from trialling the NHS’s Coronavirus App

Bob Seely

ConservativeHome

20/05/2020

In defence of the Isle of Wight’s suitability for tracking and tracing

Bob Seely

The Spectator

03/05/2020

Let’s use the Isle of Wight as a testing ground to solve our lockdown dilemma

Bob Seely

The Telegraph

26/04/2020

Britain’s islands provide the perfect trial setting for the Government’s track and trace strategy

Bob Seely

The Telegraph

23/04/2020

HS2 is a super turkey. Let’s invest in northern rail instead

Bob Seely

The Telegraph

28/12/2019

Why I resigned my government position to oppose HS2

Bob Seely

The Telegraph

17/07/2019


Saving Britain billions. Ideas for the contenders in this leadership contest.

Bob Seely

ConservativeHome

09/06/2019

Why I’m backing Michael Gove

Bob Seely

CapX

31/05/2019

I am shocked by fellow MPs who think the will of Parliament trumps the will of the People

Bob Seely

The Telegraph

14/03/2019

Brexit is within reach. Why do so many Leavers refuse to grasp it?

Bob Seely

CapX

 

12/03/2019

Bloody Sunday prosecutions would betray our armed forces

Bob Seely

ConservativeHome

05/03/2019

We Tories must not condemn ourselves to irrelevance like Labour, by driving out discontented MPs

Bob Seely

The Telegraph

 

19/02/2019

The Withdrawal Agreement is the only way we can guarantee Brexit won’t be stolen

Bob Seely

The Telegraph

22/01/2019

MPs voting down May’s Brexit deal are the elite revolting against democracy

Bob Seely

The Guardian

14/01/2019

Arrogant Remainer MPs are steering us towards a democratic car crash

Bob Seely

The Telegraph

09/12/2018

This deal isn’t perfect. If it can be improved, great. But let’s not make the best the enemy of the good

Bob Seely

ConservativeHome

17/11/2018

Hunt must face up to the harsh strategic realities facing Britain

Bob Seely

ConservativeHome

01/11/2018

Yes, Brexit and leadership are important. But so’s everything else. Here are some ideas for the future

Bob Seely

ConservativeHome

18/09/2018

How Jeremy Hunt can breathe life into Britain’s global aspirations

Bob Seely

CapX

10/07/2018

Forget Brexit, there is a much bigger divide in the Conservative Party

Bob Seely

CapX

21/06/2018

Karl Marx’s sinister legacy of anti-Semitism

Bob Seely

The Spectator

04/04/2018

Post-Brexit, we need to be the world’s smart power nation. Let’s make it happen

Bob Seely

ConservativeHome

22/01/2018

The new emphasis on looking after veterans is one of the most important things to have come out of the Iraq War

Bob Seely

ConservativeHome

11/10/2009

Is Patriotism going to be the next big political idea?

Bob Seely

ConservativeHome

28/09/2009

The lessons the Conservatives must learn from the Labour Government’s appalling treatment and use of the Armed Forces

Bob Seely

ConservativeHome

05/09/2009

Lib Dem co-operation on civil liberties?

Bob Seely and Bill Melotti

ConservativeHome

10/02/2007