by Jason Tyler | 21st October 2020 | Brexit, General, Politics
Sitting on a bench on a sunny afternoon in Hampstead, on a grassy bank with a view of Erno Goldfinger’s modern house at 2 Willow Road, David Goodhart warns of “the dark side of creating a cognitive meritocracy”. In his new book, Head, Hand, Heart:...
by Jason Tyler | 21st October 2020 | Brexit, Europe, General, Politics
Robert Halfon is MP for Harlow, a former Conservative Party Deputy Chairman, Chair of the Education Select Committee and President of Conservative Workers and Trade Unionists. Lessons from New Zealand The re-election of Jacinda Ardern, winning an overall majority and...
by Jason Tyler | 20th October 2020 | Brexit, Europe, General, Politics
Matthew Elliott was Editor-at-Large of BrexitCentral Coming from the world of think-tanks and campaign groups, I have a strong interest in the policy ecosystem that surrounds political parties. Ahead of Tony Blair’s victory in 1997, think-tanks such as Demos and the...
by Jason Tyler | 18th October 2020 | Brexit, General, Politics
It'll be hard to separate economic damage from Brexit from damage from coronavirus. Is the government using the crisis as cover for a no deal Brexit? "No, I want a deal" says @michaelgove but "it takes both sides to compromise".#Ridge...
by Jason Tyler | 18th October 2020 | Brexit, Europe, General, Politics
It is sometimes useful, after a politician has made a statement, to try reversing it – and see if the change makes sense. “We should get ready for January 1 with arrangements that are more like Australia’s,” Boris Johnson said last Friday. So now imagine...
by Jason Tyler | 17th October 2020 | Brexit, General, Politics
Over the last decade, there’s been a recurring question put to our leaders. That is, “what about young people’s futures?” It is a line that has seemed cynical at times; used by anti-Brexit groups, for instance, to encourage support for overturning the EU referendum...
