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...
WATCH: ‘I want a deal’, says Gove on Brexit, ‘but it takes both sides to compromise’
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...
The EU trade talks. Whether there’s a deal or not, we will be out of transition soon. Ministers should be ready to make the most of it.
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...
The Peter Pan-demic
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...
WATCH: Johnson 1) Brexit. “We should get ready for January 1 with arrangements that are more like Australia’s”
"Given that they have refused to negotiate seriously for much of the last few months… We should get ready for January 1 with arrangements that are more like Australia's." Boris Johnson says the UK should get ready to leave the EU without a trade...
Claire Coutinho: Amidst the Great Global Data Divide, Britain must lead the charge for digital free markets
Claire Coutinho is MP for East Surrey. As the world’s first industrialised nation, Britain knows the value of getting ahead of the economic curve. Access to natural resources like coal and oil have driven historic and economic revolutions, but in the future the fuel...
Iain Dale: The number of people who tell me that they would ignore the rules of any new national lockdown is troubling
Iain Dale presents the evening show on LBC Radio and the For the Many podcast with Jacqui Smith. The number of people who tell me they would ignore the rules of any new national lockdown is troubling indeed. Despite YouGov reporting that 68 per cent of the nation...
Germany enters a critical stage – as Europe increasingly converges in its Covid-19 response
With much of the UK media focussing its energies on the Government’s latest Tier 2 and 3 restrictions, it’s easy to think that the country is alone in having to go through such harsh measures. But European countries are, in fact, converging in many ways, from...
Stephen Booth: As the Brexit deadline nears, the UK stands strong on fishing rights, but Frost hints at movement on state aid
Stephen Booth is Head of the Britain in the World Project at Policy Exchange. The Prime Minster set today as the deadline for the UK-EU negotiations to bear fruit. However, as EU leaders gather in Brussels, a trade deal remains elusive. A path to a deal is within...
Ed McGuinness: A lesson for democracy in Europe from an abandoned airport in Cyprus
Ed McGuinness is a former Chairman of Islington Conservative Federation, founder of Conservatives in the City and contested Hornsey & Wood Green during last year’s general election. In the middle of the Mediterranean atop the Mesaoria plain lies a major...
