Far from being a climbdown, the Government’s announcement about the CE mark could be the springboard for a unilateral-recognition revolution.
For all the trouble its latest proposals will cause for ordinary bettors and industries like the horse racing industry, they won’t even help the very people they purport to protect.
A farmer faces jail and a £10,000 for disturbing the habitat of a mythical rainbow serpent; a tree-planting event was cancelled after one group demanded a £1.3 million payoff.
Perhaps sticking up for Farage is a bridge too far, even for the former human rights lawyer. Perhaps it doesn’t seem worth picking that battle when there are more substantive policy disputes to win.
If the Government follows through on its rhetoric, that will (or at least, could) be a substantial reform – more substantial than many MPs achieve in the course of a parliamentary career.
The twenty-fifth article in a new series on ConHome about how government might be made smaller, taxpayers better off and and society stronger – through strong families, better schools and good jobs.
Preventing right-wingers from being discriminated against by corporate progressives is not going to be top of an incoming Labour government’s list of priorities.
Outside the European Union we are free to conduct trade policy and set regulation which aligns with our interests, rather than those of the Eurozone core that dominates in Brussels.
Banks should not set themselves up in independent judgement of their customer’s views. The Government is reviewing the issue, but if necessary should make this a regulatory requirement.
The UK needs a more highly-skilled workforce which is sufficiently agile to meet the changing face of working life. Delivering one will require the whole Whitehall machine.
You don’t need to buy Nigel Farage’s wild claims about MI5 being behind the closure of his accounts to see that banking is too important to modern life to let people be shut out of it on private whim.
A dog attack can happen to anyone and result in life-altering injuries, traumas, and even death. We should establish a framework that promotes responsible pet rearing, and protects both humans and animals.
Ai provides an enormous opportunity for humanity. But Beijing sees it only as it’s latest tool for repression.
Too often, British policy ends up in thrall to vested interests, who peddle a narrative that any deviation from the status quo is either reckless or impossible.