A major target of Government policy in respect of the domestic and trade economy ought to be the rebalancing of our unsustainable balance of payments deficit.
Not only is the region vital to prosperity and security in its own right, it also has a direct bearing on sanctions, defence industrial capacity, and nuclear deterrence in the Euro-Atlantic.
From renationalisation of the energy and train companies to a bonfire of environmental and employment regulations, taking back control from Brussels has opened a new range of possibilities that were previously off the menu.
However unsavoury, we must prepare contingency plans for tactical nuclear warheads deployment. Signalling that we will go hard, early is a must and is being resisted by our elite who still drink the Fukuyaman Kool-Aid.
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.
Britain’s calling is to lead the Anglosphere, a great power almost no one has given nearly enough thought about.
Be it getting Brexit done or record job numbers and mega manufacturing investment, Johnson has delivered here.
The UK needs a fresh, robust template. Central to it should be a differentiation between strategic and non-strategic areas.
When he was Mayor of London, I outlined to Boris Johnson how we have the potential to become the largest economy in western Europe.
Putin’s Russia is closer to home – remember the Salisbury attack – and Islamist extremism is already here.
The deal sends a starkly clear message to China – and will reassure India, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan that their security interests are also British interests.
Due to internal tensions, the Union can lack coherence and focus, often particularly evident in its efforts to implement a collective foreign policy.
s the world’s centre of economic gravity shifts eastwards, it is projected to be generating more than half of global growth by 2050. So we’re building more diverse supply chains, reducing our dependence on hostile powers, and establishing partnerships in cutting-edge technologies.