Daniel Hamilton works in international business consultancy and was a Conservative candidate at the 2017 General Election. In September, Angela Merkel will step down as German Chancellor after sixteen years in office. Regardless of how one may judge her record,...
London’s Tech Firm Venture Capital Scene Booms Despite Brexit
London’s Tech Firm Venture Capital Scene Booms Despite Brexit Despite leaving the EU last January, UK tech firms scored a record-breaking £11.2 billion in venture capital funding in 2020. Raising more cash from investors than the rest of Europe combined… According to...
Malcolm Rifkind: We need a global response to Beijing’s belligerence, inhumanity and mendacity
Sir Malcolm Rifkind was Foreign Secretary from 1995 until 1997 and was Minister of State in the Foreign Office from 1983-86. He was responsible for the final stage of negotiations with the Chinese Government over the return of Hong Kong to China. A week today,...
Jamie Green: Now that Brexit has finally happened, Scotland’s ambitions must stretch beyond Europe
Jamie Green is Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Education and an MSP for West Scotland. They say that January is a time for renewal, new starts and new resolutions. After the 2020 we’ve just had, that message of renewal is more important than ever, but I can think of...
Vaccine strategies in Europe. France battles anti-vaxxers, while Merkel is blamed for procurement failures.
With the Government under enormous pressure to accelerate its vaccine programme, it’s easy to believe that the UK is unique in the difficulties it faces in upscaling quickly. But across Europe, and indeed the world, many others are facing similar operational...
Thames Freeport: River regeneration – an economic opportunity not to be missed
This is a sponsored post by Thames Freeport. “Regeneration through job creation” is the vision for a Thames Freeport being unveiled today. DP World and Forth Ports are bidding for a Thames Freeport, with London Gateway, the Port of Tilbury and Ford’s Dagenham engine...
The Deal in Detail 6): Law and Constitution
Richard Ekins is Head of Policy Exchange’s Judicial Power Project and Professor of Law and Constitutional Government in the University of Oxford. In his foreword to the Government’s explanation of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement, the Prime Minister says “the...
Ranil Jayawardena: The trade deals keep coming. And today, as the new EU agreement takes effect, we look forward to more.
Ranil Jayawardena is Minister for International Trade, and is MP for North East Hampshire. In 2019, I voted against Theresa May’s deal three times. Not because I wanted to leave the EU with No Deal, but because I believed we deserved better. This was the view of the...
The Deal in Detail 4) The environment and energy
Benedict McAleenan is a Senior Adviser to Policy Exchange’s Energy & Environment Unit. Ed Birkett is a Senior Research Fellow at Policy Exchange. If you listen to much of the anti-Brexit rhetoric, you’d think that the EU was the sole driver of environmental...
A Brexit trade deal that takes back control
Brexit is indeed a film, a developing tale over time, not a photo – a state of affairs that will be the same in year ten as it was on day one. So a question that arises about the trade deal which the UK and EU have agreed is whether that story is set to be what...
