The shift to subsidies is more than the timely, targeted and temporary measures that we saw during the pandemic, and signifies a bigger change in global public policy.
Should conservative parties pursue liberal-minded centrist support or compete against far-Right populists for working-class voters?
Those of us who want to see the British right change can learn from our American cousins in creating a movement to renew it.
My latest focus groups suggest both parties expect to profit if the former president is on the ticket. They can’t both be right.
European populism is partially a symptom of the EU’s fatal flaws. We were lucky to escape in 2016, but for the nations who remain, Britain’s role should be that of helpful friend, not mischief-maker.
The global rebound in 2021 was 6.1 per cen,t and this year the IMF expects global growth of 3.2 per cent followed by 2.9 per cent next. These forecasts may prove optimistic.
It is an essential British interest that Putin’s efforts to split Germany, France and Italy from the front line states fails.
One controversy may be considered to be a misfortune, two looks like carelessness and three suggests a pattern of behaviour.
Both the mid-terms and the 2024 presidential race increasingly look like uphill struggles for the incumbent party.
Germany, Hungary, Italy and Bulgaria are highly dependent on Russian gas exports, raising the prospect of bitter arguments to come.
This move also stems from the primary objective of post-war British foreign policy: keeping in with the Americans.
Be ready too, for him to surprise by doing less than expected, in the hope that the more skittish members of the Alliance peel off.
The question is why the UK is being so timid. is it Johnson, ministers or the Blob? Let’s consider the options.
There is much that we can offer the region thanks to our expertise in many of the twenty-first century’s key industries.