For the last ten days, the BBC has been obsessed by the prospect of HS2 from Birmingham to Manchester being either on or off. This is classic lazy hack news, as there are (to quote John Major) other ways of skinning this particular cat. Why is the taxpayer directly funding a railway in the first […]
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As Conservatives, we applaud those who make a success of their lives through hard work. We admire those who successfully employ their talents, and we support those who do what is right through kindness and consideration to others. We also understand that for any public services to exist, the private sector first needs to create the
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We would always hope and expect that a Conservative government would tirelessly work in the long-term interests of the country. Sadly, in terms of energy policy ever since the resignation of Mrs. Thatcher, it has been a tale of political expediency and short-term gain for long term expense. My goodness if the Thatcher vision of
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(Photograph: Parrot of Doom, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons) I read an article probably a few months ago by Nick Timothy, saying that the Conservative Party must change to be electable. Since then I have been considering why it is that I think of myself as a conservative, why that outlook reflects my values
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I shed no tears for Dame Alison Rose following her resignation earlier this week. However, the problems highlighted by Mr Farage’s debanking are I believe rather more systemic than is perhaps realised. Having had one of my business accounts ‘exited’ by part of Dame Alison’s former empire I know only too well Mr Farage’s pain
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