When our political class feels that it cannot act, it cobbles together ad-hoc explanations for why its apathy is actually cunning strategy, hard-headed pragmatism, or just somehow grown-up.
His measured communications approach is superior to Boris Johnson and Liz Truss’s tendency towards needless provocation without any commitment to structural reform. But that reform must happen, regardless of how unpopular it may be.
Four per cent of these respondents placed Britain as their target destination, meaning that around 36 million people wish to relocate to Britain if given the opportunity.
None of Vince’s presuppositions about the project – that the technology, the economy, and the public are on side – stand up to scrutiny.
And this is the fundamental problem: it allows us to dodge a broader long-term industrial strategy, precisely because the short-term labour fix is so easy.
The Conservative Party seems to be allergic to *doing things*, whether that be building houses, securing a cheap and plentiful supply of energy, prosecuting and locking up criminals, or securing our borders.
Conservatives would do well to prioritise above all else the promotion of young, intelligent and furiously ambitious staffers granted a level of autonomy not seen since the administration of Empire.
Starmer’s Shadow Cabinet ministers have repeatedly lent support to activist groups that seek to reduce police powers to crack down on those very same gun-toting gangs.
Ministers shouldn’t engage in the underhanded tactics used by the Left, and should instead wield its popular mandate for legislative reform before they lose their chance.
Outsourcing the delicate work of threat detection to venues will do little good, whilst heaping fresh pressure on a struggling sector.
Ironically enough, Nandy neglected to mention that she herself had said in 2021 that she was “appalled” that a hotel in her constituency was being used to accommodate asylum-seekers,
Our laws are now indisputably biased towards far-left organisations, and unfairly penalise ideologically-aligned groups that have a right-wing programme.
The idea that the Tories must somehow liberalise its policy agenda more is utterly, totally farcical.
Supply-side reforms are very hard to sell to Conservative voters, but a crackdown on immigration would at least ease demand.
It is the product of cynical collusion between the Opposition and third-sector activists to entrench the latter’s power over public services.