Anand Menon is Director of the UK in a Changing Europe. “In leaving the European Union we restored sovereign control over vital levers of foreign policy,” declared Boris Johnson in his speech to the Munich Security Conference. To be frank, that is...
Emily Carver: Covid has exposed the flaws in our education system. It’s time for a radical rethink.
Emily Carver is Head of Media at the Institute of Economic Affairs. Over the course of this pandemic, J S Mill’s “harm principle” has been used to rationalise the decision to lockdown. At first glance this appears reasonable, however, it rests on the...
Chris Whiteside: Why Britain’s first new coal mine for decades should open in the ward I represent
Chris Whiteside MBE is County Councillor for the Egremont North & St Bees division of Cumbria County Council, and also Deputy chairman (political and campaigning) of North West England region of the Conservative party. ConservativeHome readers will know of the...
Guy Mansfield: Now we must work with the EU to make Britain more safe and secure
Lord Sandhurst is a member of the Conservative European Forum (CEF) Justice and Home Affairs policy group. He is a past Chairman of the Bar of England and Wales (as Guy Mansfield QC), and current Chair of Research of the Society of Conservative Lawyers. As...
Julian Gallant: Politics can support the arts without disturbing the artist
Jullian Gallent is a conductor, composer, pianist, impresario and Treasurer at Conservative Friends of The Arts (Instagram; Facebook). I’ve been actively involved in Conservative campaigning since 2013, fought the 2019 GE as candidate for Ealing Central and Acton and...
Tony Smith: Covid and border control. As a former Head of the UK Border Force, here are my urgent recommendations.
Tony Smith CBE is a former Head of the UK Border Force and Director of Ports and Borders in both the UK and Canada. He is now Managing Director of Fortinus Global Ltd, an international border security company, and Chairman on the International Border Management and...
Sammy Wilson: The Northern Ireland Protocol needs to be replaced, not repaired
Sammy Wilson is the Democratic Unionist MP for East Antrim, and is Director of the Centre for Brexit Policy. As the full implications of the Northern Ireland protocol begin to be manifested, it is clear that this arrangement, which was designed solely to protect the...
ITALEXIT: Prominent Italian Eurosceptic politician urges his nation to leave the EU
Advertisements A prominent Eurosceptic politician has urged his country to exit the EU. These comments came after it had emerged that a chief Europhile is being parachuted in for Rome’s top job. Gianluigi Paragone has slammed calls for Mario Draghi to take the lead a...
George Freeman: The industrial strategy reforms I led helped to deliver Britain’s vaccine success. Now for the next phase.
George Freeman is a former Minister for Life Science and Chair of the Prime Minister’s Policy Board (2016-18). He is co-author and editor of the 2020 Conservatives book Britain Beyond Brexit. The combination of Covid-19 and the Crash of 2008 have left this country...
David Gauke: The UK, the EU, vaccines – and future relations. Here, jingoistic politicians. There, Trumpian ones. Bodes badly.
David Gauke is a former Justice Secretary, and was an independent candidate in South-West Hertfordshire at the recent general election. Will the new, post-Brexit relationship between the UK and the EU run smoothly? Will the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA)...
