Paul Goodman
“He may have less than a year, as Parliament returns and his Party’s conference looms, to persuade voters of his case – which he has scarcely begun to even make.”
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Patching schools for the present. The RAAC problem shows the false economy of building on the cheap.
Henry Hill
“How much of the post-war public sector estate is going to come to end of its useful life over the next few decades – and how much will we end up paying for the false economy of cheap concrete?”
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William Atkinson
“Over-turning the ban may be a cause célèbre for the free market right. But any genuine effort to tackle our energy security problem is going to require both a massive programme of spending and the clunking fist of central government. ”
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Send in the commissioners to Birmigham – there are plenty of savings for them to find
Harry Phibbs
“The problem for the Council is not that it is taxing too little. It is not that it has been unfairly treated. The difficulty is that it is spending too much.”
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My polling suggests scepticism of expensive Net Zero commitments unites the 2019 Tory coalition
Matthew Goodwin
“While large majorities of voters remain instinctively on side with tackling climate change, once you ask them to reflect on the personal financial costs, they simple become much less supportive and more open to alternative political appeals.”
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Nine Prime Ministers we nearly had
Peter Franklin
“The number of possibilities teaches us three lessons about politics today. Firstly, never to underestimate the role played by mere chance. Secondly, that this is not an age of great leaders who make their own luck. And, thirdly, that we need to choose more carefully in future.”
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The Truss government revisited. Day One.
ConservativeHome
“ConservativeHome’s snapshot retrospective on the shortest premiership in British political history – one year on and day by day.”
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Lord Ashcroft
“In his Parliament of Whores, PJ O’Rourke gave one section the stirring title “Our Goverment: What the F*** Do They Do All Day And Why Does It Cost So Goddamned Much Money?” But as my research confirmed in various ways, most voters do not see government primarily as an expensive nusiance.”
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Why Shapps must urgently fix our broken defence procurement system
Mark Francois MP
“If we are to keep our nation safe, our adversaries deterred, and our allies reasurred, we now urgently require full-scale reform of the way buy and support our fighting equipment.”
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Paul Goodman
“The decision involves children, parents, schools, and doctors, and has implications for rights, mental health, responsibilities and culture – as well as the management of a restive parliamentary party.”