Prosper UK is now a week old.

We launched last Monday and our first week’s objectives have been met.

We have inserted ourselves into the debate about the future of the right of British politics, a debate which – with a little bit of help from Suella Braverman – has been particularly prominent in recent days.

We obtained the backing of 70 senior Conservative politicians, not one of whom leaked the story to the press (who says nothing changes), and the post-launch reception was upbeat, well-attended and demonstrated support from people of all ages.  The number of people signing up to support, is well ahead of our expectations.

This is not to say that those of us involved in Prosper UK have escaped all criticism.

We have been accused of being long-forgotten and irrelevant has-beens from the 2010s.  We have also been accused of driving the Conservative Party to catastrophic defeat of 2024.  It is not possible for both of these statements to be true.

Read the full article here: https://conservativehome.com/2026/02/02/david-gauke-bemoaning-the-people-and-prospectus-behind-prosper-uk-is-just-part-of-politics-but-at-least-get-it-right/