The European Union is like a Bonaparte-era supra-national, multi-led and supersized army. It wins by using its bulk to crush opponents in the field. The Greeks vote against loan conditions? Wait for them to crack; then impose tougher ones. The Danes throw out the...
Richard Holden: Here in County Durham, my sense is that moderate Remainers are now saying “I’m glad we’re out”
Richard Holden is MP for North West Durham. Glenholm Park, Crook, Co. Durham Bubbles are not so much de rigeur at present but, sadly, de jure. But there’s nothing like constituency surgery calls, the caseworker inbox, or bumping into constituents on street to puncture...
Invictus: Is it time to abolish the City of London Corporation?
Invictus is unable to use their real name because of their employment. Scrapping the City of London Corporation has been a popular left-wing demand for decades. Various Labour figures have railed against “Britain’s last rotten Borough”, which John MacDonnell...
Gary Porter: The voters demand more local control. We should listen to them.
Lord Porter is the Leader of South Holland District Council and a former Chairman of the Local Government Association. I find myself writing something I wasn’t sure I would ever do: Kier Starmer is right. Or at least when he says “that once the priorities of coping...
Calling Conservatives: New public appointments announced. Trustee of Historic Royal Palaces – and more
Eight years ago, the TaxPayers’ Alliance reported that “in the last year, five times more Labour people were appointed to public bodies than Tories”. It currently reports that almost half of avowedly political appointees last year owed their...
The sweet, sweet irony of the EU-AstraZeneca vaccine row
This week, the EU apparently signalled a major departure from its previously held dogma on free markets, trade and “vaccine nationalism”. In July 2020, the Government made headlines by announcing that it had been offered (and opted out of) membership of the European...
WATCH: International Trade Secretary warns against protectionism
#Marr: Is there a danger the EU-AstraZeneca row will cause a trade war? International Trade Secretary Liz Truss: "The only way we are going to recover the economy after Covid is by more trade" https://t.co/kT09S9VImG pic.twitter.com/QkJCl3zIBN — BBC...
WATCH: Irish PM “would like to dial down the tone and work collegiality”
On the EU-AstraZeneca row, Irish PM Micheal Martin says, "the Commission took the wrong mechanism in invoking Article 16 and the Protocol to deal with it"#Marr https://t.co/ctZYEiCih2 pic.twitter.com/iufoibpVdK — BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) January 31,...
WATCH: Was Labour wrong to call for the UK to join the EU’s vaccine programme? Reeves does not answer.
"Do you accept that Labour was wrong to call for the UK to join the EU's vaccine programme last summer?" – #Ridge Shadow Cabinet Office minister @RachelReevesMP says she "gives credit" to the govt for the "fantastic" job of...
WATCH: Hunt – There is a “very compelling case” for vaccinating teachers
'If we can vaccinate the teachers, everyone would want to do that.'@Jeremy_Hunt says there is a "very compelling case" for teachers to be moved up the vaccine priority list but the "proper scientific advice" should be looked at. #Ridge...
