“I have the confidence to do things my own way,” Boris Johnson’s hair declared. It was this week messier than ever: unbrushed, unkempt, uncut, as if the Prime Minister had washed it and fallen asleep with it in a wet and tangled mess, so that when he...
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Ranil Jayawardena: A strong trading partnership with India will be a central feature of Global Britain
Ranil Jayawardena is Minister for International Trade, and is MP for North East Hampshire. Benjamin Disraeli once said that the secrets to success in politics were to “be amusing, never [to] tell unkind stories and above all, never [to] tell long ones.” I will make...
SAGE Professor claims UK could be locked in coronavirus lockdown cycles for ‘several years’ to come
Advertisements It is emerging that Britain could be locked in coronavirus lockdown cycles for ‘several years’ to come. Scientists have warned that Britain could be forced to handle new variants that could evade vaccines. Professor Sir Ian Boyd who is an...
Newslinks for Wednesday 10th February 2021
Coronavirus 1) Imprisonment threatened for those who lie about holiday destination to evade quarantine “Families who lie about going on holiday to destinations such as Portugal face up to 10 years in prison – longer than the maximum sentence for sex offences...
Bordering on impossible
We can close our borders to people but not to goods, unless we are prepared to live with shortages – and worse. The Government continues to classify “international and domestic freight transport (including by air, ship, road and rail, including...
Emily Carver: An online sales tax would be a clear-cut case of levelling down
Emily Carver is Media Manager at the Institute of Economic Affairs. In recent months, my local high street has seen two notable casualties: an independent bookshop and a boutique toy shop. Both had been trading for over 50 years. For their owners, as for many small...
Robert Halfon: Let’s extend the school day to help children catch up after Covid – and civil society can step in
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. It is encouraging that it appears, for the Department of Education, nothing is off the table...
John Macdonald: Are the Tories becoming the party of high taxes and picking industrial winners?
John Macdonald is the Head of Government Affairs at the Adam Smith Institute. The idea that British state should pursue an “industrial strategy” was a key feature of the Mayite years. But it has received a substantial boost as a result of the pandemic. Last week,...
Laura Blumenthal: The University of Leicester’s changes aren’t woke. They’re about driving down standards to save money
Laura Blumenthal is a Wokingham Borough councillor. Let’s get real. What 17-year-old loves Medieval literature? Apparently, the era’s not a huge pull to the University of Leicester’s English degree. What a shocker. The Midlands institution has found itself in hot...
