Bob Seely: Lessons from the Cummings era about leadership, decentralisation, localism – and making more use of MPs
Compare and contrast how government works with what the Armed Forces do – and their practice of decentralised command.
Bob Seely: Ministers must revise the housing plan to give our cities the homes they need
How is it levelling up to concentrate new construction – and the associated infrastructure – in the South?
Bob Seely: The Government must urgently re-assess its misguided housebuilding strategy
How can ministers claim to be ‘levelling up’ the country when they are slashing targets for the North and Midlands in favour of the overcrowded South?
Bob Seely: Abolishing DfID 1) The case for. “Is this the be all and end all? No. But it is a great start.”
Throughout the world, there has been a disconnect between British aid and other elements of our overseas policy.
Bob Seely: While we are distracted by Covid-19, China prepares to seize Hong Kong – and crush freedom
We must now change the status of these passports to allow Hong Kong BNOs a quicker path to full UK citizenship.
Bob Seely: What the Isle of Wight has learned from trialling the NHS’s Coronavirus App
If enough of us download this app, we can, through our joint endeavours and the trace and test programme, suppress the virus.
Bob Seely: How to make our foreign policy really work for Britain
We need to have a Foreign Affairs Committee that mixes idealism with clear thinking – and holds the Foreign Office to account.
Bob Seely: Why the Government should listen to our allies and say: no way, Huawei
The blunt reality is that China is a cyber risk and will remain so for years. It has a dreadful reputation for cyber attacks and intellectual property theft.
Bob Seely: Trump may have just re-ignited a ‘hot cold war’ in the Middle East
His decision to mistreat America’s traditional allies in the region, especially the Kurds, now look likes an even worse error of judgement than it did at the time.
Bob Seely: How Iran is seeking to hit the West where it hurts – at the petrol pumps
Even Monday’s one-off attack will add 20 cents to petrol prices. In the US, that will cost families an extra $18 a month at the petrol pump.
Bob Seely: In the Gulf, we are paying the price for starving defence of funding for so long
As well as a response to the immediate crisis, we need to start planning ahead properly and routinely.
Bob Seely: Scrap the automatic Right to Buy. And nine other ideas to make housing sustainable.
The rest of our economy is shifting to greater sustainability. The system to provide places to live should do the same.
Bob Seely: Saving Britain billions. Ideas for the contenders in this leadership contest.
This is a contribution to the debate – now let’s see what the candidates offer during the week ahead.
Bob Seely: Bloody Sunday prosecutions would betray our armed forces
Former paramilitary fighters are out of prison. IRA killers have restarted their lives. Yet British soldiers face the threat of prosecution.
Bob Seely: The rule of law is an absolute. It cannot be dispensed with when we deal with ISIS terrorists.
A key moral from the case of Shamima Begum is that we need better information both to protect and prosecute.