by Jason Tyler (Site Admin) | 16th April 2019 | General, Politics
Brexit 1) Hunt declares that leaving the EU in time to avoid Euro Elections is an “absolute priority” “It is an “absolute priority” for the government to leave the EU by 23 May to avoid having to take part in European elections, Jeremy...
by Jason Tyler (Site Admin) | 16th April 2019 | Brexit, General, Politics
The Conservative Party is in a peculiar position when it comes to its leadership. Just about everybody agrees Theresa May ought to resign. Indeed, even Theresa May agrees that Theresa May ought to resign, at least in principle. She just differs with the majority of...
by Jason Tyler (Site Admin) | 16th April 2019 | Brexit, General, Politics
Henry Newman is Director of Open Europe. A counterfactual thought experiment: on 29th March, the Conservative Party almost all voted together for the Prime Minister’s deal. Despite their heart-felt concerns, the remaining members of the ERG were persuaded by Jacob...
by Jason Tyler (Site Admin) | 16th April 2019 | General, Politics
Andrew Goodfellow is Vice President of UK Policy Group, a research and political intelligence consultancy. He was the Conservative Party’s Director of Policy and Research from 2015 to 2017. At the weekend, the Dailt Telegraph reported with barely concealed relish that...
by Jason Tyler (Site Admin) | 16th April 2019 | General, Politics
Conservatives generally recognise the practical case for low taxation – that it allows for a productive and efficient economy and thus avoids impeding the steady growth in prosperity. Most of us would also be conscious of the moral case. A belief in individual...
by Jason Tyler (Site Admin) | 15th April 2019 | Crime, General, Politics
This is the full text of a speech delivered today by Sajid Javid, the Home Secretary. “Today, we’re standing here on the site of a disused pickle factory, next to a very attractive gasworks. In 2013 after a brief spell as a medical storage facility, new life was...
