by Jason Tyler | 17th August 2019 | General, Politics
Ben Jeffreys is a secondary school history teacher, was parliamentary candidate for Cheadle at the 2010 General Election. As a teacher in a state school, Conservatives might expect me to have become a recalcitrant leftist and argue an Old Etonian’s privileged...
by Jason Tyler | 17th August 2019 | General, Politics
Javid could make sellers pay Stamp Duty “Sajid Javid is considering a change to stamp duty that would switch the tax burden from buyers to sellers. It would ensure that first-time buyers never pay the tax and also help families buying bigger properties. However,...
by Jason Tyler | 17th August 2019 | Brexit, General, Politics
At the time of writing, it looks as if efforts to put together a ‘letter-writing government’ – formed with the sole intention of extending Article 50 and then calling an election – are hitting the buffers. For all the controversy around the...
by Jason Tyler | 17th August 2019 | Brexit, General, Politics
John Strafford is Chairman of the Campaign for Conservative Democracy. Before the present Conservative Party constitution was adopted in 1998 Constituency Associations were virtually autonomous. Is this still the case? In July last year, Dominic Grieve, our local MP,...
by Jason Tyler | 16th August 2019 | Crime, General, Politics
Festus Akinbusoye is Chairman of Milton Keynes Federation and was 2015 Parliamentary candidate for West Ham. He runs his own business. The Home Office announcement of placing information on chicken-boxes at chicken shops across the country, aimed mainly at young...
by Jason Tyler | 16th August 2019 | General, Politics
Stop Brexit 1) Tory rebels say they’re open to installing Corbyn as Prime Minister “Despite scepticism from the Liberal Democrats and hostility from some independents, the Tory MPs addressed by Mr Corbyn said they welcomed his approach and agreed to meet...
