No politician is going to get everything right, but people’s frustration is growing with politicians pretending to never be wrong.
Sure, ministers can claim that Britain is on “war footing”, but how can it really be when the money remains theoretical.
The Government – hoping to change the subject from scheduled fuel duty rises – accused fuel retailers of “price gouging” or“profiteering” despite no evidence to support that. Tory opposition is smart but short term. None of it addresses the realities of the public finances.
Why not an Essex Assembly? A strategic body for the whole county, with clear democratic accountability and the authority to make major decisions about transport, infrastructure, economic growth and regional development.
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The Conservatives gained a seat from the Lib Dems in the Vale of White Horse. Reform UK gained a seat from Labour in North Lincolnshire.
Calling for a ‘proper Brexit’ after all those that have been tried and failed over the past decade, is reminiscent of those Marxists arguing that their ideology was never properly tried in practice and next time will be different.
To this day, those on the Far Left are convinced that Wilson was ousted from 10 Downing Street by an establishment campaign of smears and threats.
There’s a shift in the debate, for those in Reform and Conservatives, who are willing to have it. More are, and mercifully without the wearisome ‘screaming’ at each other that marked the start of hostilities. It’s not a deal, it might mark a ceasefire.
He does not write well, but there is a large public for his message.
Leaving the IRGC somewhat to its own devices in Britain makes a mockery of our country and puts real people’s lives in danger. The government must either proscribe what they can now and legislate fast for the rest, or explain their cowardice to the public.
A tax holiday and two new bonds could turn a geopolitical crisis into the domestic investment story of a generation. It is the simplest most elegant most patriotic economic policy a government could announce.
Ambitious companies are increasingly lured abroad, where financial backing is easier to find. US funders then insist companies make plans to relocate, taking future British wealth and jobs to America.
If threats of this kind are treated merely as issues of community relations or low-level disorder, the response will always lag behind reality. By the time soldiers are required, the failure has already occurred.
Trust is hard to earn and easy to lose, and without it, nothing else really works. Rebuilding it takes time. It is not about one speech or one moment. It comes from showing up, listening properly and proving that we understand what matters to people again.