From Spain to Italy to America, parties of organised labour are in trouble. The blue collar base didn’t come out for them – and may not come out for Corbyn either.
The Centre for Policy Studies, Institute of Economic Affairs, Bright Blue, and others give their verdict on the Conservatives’ programme for government.
The Prime Minister publishes “a portrait of the kind of country I want this nation to be after Brexit.”
Pleasingly, it includes several policies that this site has proposed.
Blue cover with no photos – from, please note, the Conservative and Unionist Party. “Our plan for a Stronger Britain and a Prosperous Future.”
The Prime Minister’s manifesto will have its flaws, but she has grasped the implications of Brexit more surely than any other senior politician.
If she tries to work through populist edicts and diktats, she will fail. And if the Right argues that a few tax cuts for the richest will solve our problems, this will be no better.
Pro-EU Lords will not be able to block Brexit measures that are set out in May’s programme for Government.
We need policies to meet the challenge of an ageing population, mass immigration, pressured families, job insecurity – and grotesquely expensive housing.
It is time for local communities to take back control.
We should not let the Left’s virtue-signalling convince us that imposing further penalties on drivers would be a good idea.
The poor showing for UKIP and the Lib Dems proves those on both sides of the debate wish to move on.
This fourth piece of our mini-series on what should be in the manifesto argues she must build a fair market for all.
This third piece of our mini-series on what should be in the manifesto argues that a strong and stable Government should support strong and stable families.
A ‘relative’ cap on the difference between standard variable tariffs and acquisition tariffs could untie Adam Smith’s ‘invisible hand’ in the retail energy market.