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Burnham is less 'same-same but different' - as same same same
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (1162+ words) I was in Thailand twenty five years ago when I first came across one of my favourite phrases. My mum, a teacher, had taken a role in private school in Bangkok and moved out there with my stepfather and brother....
Like most other recent PMs, Sunak got to the top without serving a proper apprenticeship
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (1222+ words) Sunak at 10: The Last Conservative Prime Minister? by Anthony Seldon and Tom Egerton This book makes one think the better of Rishi Sunak. We are reminded of his high gifts and honourable conduct. Here is a statesman who felt a…...
Liam Halligan: We have to get out of this high-debt, high-tax, low-growth doom loop
3+ day, 57+ min ago (1093+ words) Liam Halligan is an economist, author and broadcaster and the newly announced Director of the Centre for Policy Studies. I’m a natural optimist – and remain convinced that Britain is still a great place to live and work. This country still…...
James Windsor-Clive: When did Britain take its eye of the ball when it comes to risk-appetite?
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (1083+ words) James Windsor-Clive was the Conservative candidate for the Ealing Central and Acton at the 2024 general election. The UK is in the doldrums. Incomes have stagnated for the best part of two decades, and people have little hope of fortunes improving....
PMQs - Badenoch and Burnham clash over defence spending, again, with point scoring back on both sides
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (71+ words) The Prime Minister outlined 'the Labour way' of funding defence, the Leader of the Opposition told him not only was he wrong, but he simply doesn't know where he's getting the money for any of his plans defence or otherwise....
Annunziata Rees-Mogg: Feelings are not an economic plan
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (920+ words) There was something revealing about John Healey’s speech on Monday. At a moment when Britain desperately needs an economic strategy, the Chancellor offered something closer to economic cognitive therapy: retraining us to believe that if growth feels possible, it will…...
Lord Ashcroft: Should we keep the triple lock, should (and will) taxes rise in the Budget, will Burnham try to rejoin the EU, what do we think of No10 North?
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (633+ words) Lord Ashcroft KCMG PC is an international businessman, philanthropist, author and pollster. For more information on his work, visit lordashcroft.com My latest poll looks in detail at the characters of the main parties and their leaders, whether people’s front…...
Badenoch: Time to get serious on defence
5+ day, 16+ hour ago (41+ words) The Conservative leader lays out why Britain has to start investing in our ability to defend ourselves and that reviews and Treasury hesitation are not good enough The post Badenoch: Time to get serious on defence appeared first on Conservative…...
Diana Beech: Burnham's hard hat obsession belongs in the 1970s
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (882+ words) Diana Beech is former policy adviser to three Conservative Universities and Science Ministers. She is now Director of the Finsbury Institute – a public policy hub at City St George’s, University of London. One of Kemi Badenoch’s sharpest criticisms of the…...
Julian Ellacott: We are too hard on ourselves??? our grassroots are stronger than we're given credit for
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (558+ words) Julian Ellacott is Chairman of the National Conservative Convention and Deputy Chairman of the Party Board. As the summer ends, I hope colleagues across the Party have had some time to rest and prepare for the new political season. It…...