Preventing unseaworthy ships from passing through the Baltic with polluting cargo does not prevent Russia from navigating them. It just requires them to use acceptably safe ships to do so. But there’s a reason they have a shadow fleet that aren’t safe.
I hope I am wrong, but every last flicker of hope has been all but extinguished in Labour’s YIMBY movement. Yet those ideas still live on in the Conservatives.
When I think about UK state capacity and its ability to implement policy, it seems quite obvious that in a choice between looking like a functioning Swedish government or a Californian hot-mess it will almost by default opt for hot-mess.
You’d have to be higher than Salisbury cathedral’s spire not to realise Russia is a kleptocratic police state, run by the chief-thief, a murderer and a thug.
We must also gently remind Washington that the only time NATO’s Article 5 has ever been invoked was by the United States back in 2001, in response to the 9/11 attacks.
Should Putin judge it too risky to try his luck further in NATO’s backyard, he may see central Asia as worth a look.
Ignoring the actual details of Sweden’s policies and focussing only on polling, one thing should be clear: their government isn’t credible.
Why is it that the party believes British children should be taxed whilst foreign students at British universities are exempt?
The UK’s current #BeKind mindset must change if as a society we are ever to reach the level of military readiness aspired to by our NATO partners.
The Government’s disposable vape ban is a mistake and with the explosion in demand for pouches, it is imperative we get the laws around them right to prevent a future moral panic.
Any sincere reading of the British economy since 2010 need acknowledge one basic thing: that the essential problem with the modern economy isn’t income inequality, but a lack of income.
Four, deep-rooted currents in are carving out space for movements which seek to prioritise the interests, the culture, the values, and the ways of life of the majority group against what they see as self-interested, corrupt, narcissistic, and incompetent elites.
Unable to conceive that it may have made mistakes, officialdom seeks to set Johnson up as its scapegoat.
Did those in power still believe it was right to terrify the nation into submissions with their fear-mongering campaigns warning us to stay away from our loved ones? And why did the rules constantly change and at very little notice?
A housing market that traps people in homes they own only on paper undermines trust, mobility and productivity, while a society that blocks younger generations from ownership risks breeding resentment and disengagement.