On the 13th of January 1913, the last formal private army in the history of the United Kingdom was established.
We can avoid getting into an argument about whether or not the Government’s plan is an industrial strategy. The Conservative Party has got rather hung up on that term.
The measures would signal that we are a national community, membership of which brings particular rights and also obligations. It sounds pretty Conservative to me.
Rather than an ideological approach, these four ideals – pragmatism, stewardship, One Nation and empowerment – should be the foundations of Conservative economic policy.
Under this scheme, the ’22 Executive would change the rules, Truss would go – and a high threshold would be set to ensure only a single nomination.
Are we in recession? Of course not. The ONS has in fact just uprated its growth forecast, and the IMF now admits that Kwarteng’s reforms will boost growth.
He will need to outline clearly his fiscal principles, so the market understands the commitment to fiscal discipline through reducing the ratio of debt to GDP.
But there are truths in life – for example, that a stich in time saves nine, beggars can’t be choosers…and that you can’t spend more than your earn. His premiership ends with record spending and taxes.
With the global population exploding and relative power of the west declining, we should reduce our dependence on the kindness of strangers.
Our elites are always measuring the present against some mythical golden age, but the facts paint a different picture.
As German tanks rolled into Czechoslovakia, representatives of this country’s biggest companies were busy in Germany.
The situation will fester, which will pose major challenges for statecraft, and for the stability both of Ukraine and of surrounding areas.
No private individual should be financially ruined by seeking access to material which was purchased with taxpayers’ money on the basis that it would be open to the public.