The Lib Dems gained a seat from the Conservatives in Hertfordshire.
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Whether the approach taken – of trying to avoid a head-on collision with our international obligations by seeking to overrule them in specific cases – will prove effective, either here or in the long term, is an open question.
At the end of the day, people will only stop coming here illegally when they know that they cannot stay, will be detained and quickly removed to a safe third country.
This obscure but vital body enables Tory MPs to wield decisive power.
His Majesty also seems unaware that in the pursuit of Net Zero, his British subjects are expected to make radical and unpopular lifestyle changes. These days, an eco-sensibility isn’t confined to concern about polar bears: it’s politics.
In each Budget, significant savings have been included, then within a few weeks into the new financial year, they become impossible due to the lack of political will.
Michael Gove and Nick Gibb’s efforts in raising standards have been hampered by both lockdown and subsequent ministerial churn.
Governments who want to set out a clear vision for their electorates need to have an accessible story that explains their direction, aims and values. Here are some core conservative beliefs with which to start.
To mark the 40th anniversary of the murder of Edgar Graham by the Provisional IRA, this is an adaptation of the chapter on his assassination from Himself Alone: David Trimble and the Ordeal of Unionism by Lord Godson.
Thousands of grief-stricken relatives reckon he is guilty as hell, and want him sent to the scaffold.
Devolution was supposed to mean that different parts of the UK could experiment, with best practice eventually being taken up elsewhere to the benefit of all. Instead, devocrats have often done everything they can to thwart cross-border comparisons altogether.
Sunak declared: “I will not allow a foreign court to block these flights. If the Strasbourg Court chooses to intervene against the express wishes of our sovereign Parliament. I will do what is necessary to get flights off.”
This European “nationalism” could well produce a considerably more populist EU. Whether that would be good for the UK is another matter.
Governments who want to set out a clear vision for their electorates need to have an accessible story that explains their direction, aims and values. Here are some core conservative beliefs with which to start.