Why are Britain’s politicians so hopeless? From Tory fantasists to Labour deniers, Westminster has driven out the talented, the imaginative and the honest. The Conservative
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People know that the politicians they are now being presented with, most especially by Labour and the Tories, are, by and large, useless, without an
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As the FT noted in an article published late yesterday afternoon: Nigel Farage has pitched himself as the British crypto sector’s saviour, saying “I am
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In 2011, I wrote The Courageous State, which was a call for governments that act with purpose and confidence, not cowardice. Fourteen years later, we still
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This is another morning when I have to struggle with the question of whether comments made at the Conservative Party conference are worth noting here,
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Robert Peston reported Michael Heseltine’s words to a meeting of the European Movement at the Tory Party conference yesterday as follows: Heseltine has just addressed
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I struggled with whether to comment on the Conservative Party conference this morning. I did so partly because of this YouGov poll, which shows he
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Tory Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride wants to take £47 billion out of the UK economy — mostly by cutting benefits for migrants and those with
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Tory Shadow Chancellor, Mel Stride, wants to slash the UK’s overseas aid to 0.1% of national income. That’s not just cruel, it’s racism and fascism
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