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Brandon To: Japan demands integration - Britain just debates it
5+ hour, 21+ min ago (867+ words) Brandon To is a Politics graduate from UCL and a Hong Kong BN(O) immigrant settled in Harrow. I am writing this from Japan, where I have spent the past week rediscovering what it means to be unmistakably in someone else's…...
Emmanuel Igwe: There’s no such thing as unfunded tax cuts
3+ hour, 21+ min ago (178+ words) Dr Emmanuel Igwe is lead economist at the Prosperity Institute. One may be forgiven for being fatigued by Liz Truss" repeated assertion that "the Blob" derailed her short-lived premiership in 2022. This may seem like merely another bellicose remark, attempting to…...
Peter Franklin: Our shallow and simplistic debate over energy policy is a threat to national security
9+ hour, 51+ min ago (510+ words) Peter Franklin is an Associate Editor of UnHerd. Can we have a grown-up conversation about energy please? Because right now, we're not getting one. I'll get on to the pro-green side of the debate in a bit, but let's start…...
Chris Philp: With crime and antisocial behaviour unacceptably high it's time to 'Take Back our Streets"
10+ hour, 1+ min ago (250+ words) Chris Philp MP is the Shadow Home Secretary. We can all feel that order is breaking down on our streets and within our communities. Crime and antisocial behaviour are at unacceptably high levels and the social contract that helped make…...
Fleur Butler: How cultural icons are radicalising a generation of girls – straight from the populist playbook
1+ hour, 21+ min ago (707+ words) Fleur Butler, OBE is Director of Development for the Conservative Women's Organisation, has sat on the National Convention and is founder of a new think tank, Resourceful Women." At the start of this year I read two striking pieces on…...
We are already getting a glimpse of what Miliband would be like in No. 11
8+ hour, 51+ min ago (413+ words) Westminster is, as ever, a rumour mill. One of the latest doing the rounds concerns Ed Miliband " and whether his eventual destination in a future Labour government might be the Treasury. The failed Labour leader, now Energy Secretary, is increasingly tipped…...
Mel Stride: Axe the Fuel Tax
18+ hour, 37+ min ago (46+ words) The Shadow Chancellor attacks Labour plans to raise fuel taxes by 5p per litre the first such rise since 2011 The post Mel Stride: Axe the Fuel Tax appeared first on Conservative Home. The post Mel Stride: Axe the Fuel Tax appeared…...
Aphra Brandreth: Why the Commonwealth matters in a changing world
19+ hour, 22+ min ago (79+ words) Aphra Brandreth MP is Member of Parliament for Chester South & Eddisbury. Unlocking Opportunity: Why the Commonwealth Matters in a Changing World Of course, it would be unrealistic to replicate a CANZUK-style framework across the entire Commonwealth. Britain must recognise a…...
Terrel Mollel: Why sticking with my One Nation conservatism doesn't make me a Lib Dem
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (747+ words) One-nation Conservatism can appeal to our aspirations toward agency and our concerns about social cohesion. In contrast, New Liberalism just offers a reductive imagination of our capacity. The post Terrel Mollel: Why sticking with my One Nation conservatism doesn't make…...
James Lawson: As the 'Wealth of Nations' turns 250, it's time for the Tories to reclaim their inheritance
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (260+ words) James Lawson, is chairman of the Adam Smith Institute. Traditionally, the Conservative Party is the party of sound money and free enterprise. From Pitt the Younger to Thatcher, its best leaders understood that prosperity stems not from state direction but…...