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Peter Franklin: An alternate history of the Conservative Party, 2005-2018

What if somebody as far to the right as Corbyn is to the left managed to win the Tory leadership?

Comment | By Peter Franklin | 29 September 2018 at 3:00 pm | 102 comments

Peter Franklin: Why is the right so sweet on sugar?

This is not so much a pro-market position as an anti-democratic one. There is more to politics than market versus state.

Comment, Highlights | By Peter Franklin | 7 September 2018 at 6:20 am | 47 comments

Peter Franklin: Physician, heal thyself; think tanks, re-think thyselves

Onward seems set to propound the liberal and Freer the libertarian versions of the globalist agenda. Where does that leave the anti-globalist voters who now back the Tories?

Comment, Highlights | By Peter Franklin | 8 June 2018 at 6:20 am | 51 comments

Whatever happened to the Big Society? 3) Peter Franklin: The values of the all-consuming state or market both deaden the human spirit

Even in an age of austerity, government has plenty of power and assets, which it could on a small-scale, experimental basis transfer to the control of community groups.

Comment, Highlights | By Peter Franklin | 29 March 2018 at 6:30 am | 13 comments

Peter Franklin: “Allowing expansion where it’s needed will mean some building on the green belt.” An open letter to Dominic Raab.

“This is the most important job of your political career so far – and there’s a lot riding on what you make of it. On this one you need to make a difference.”

Comment, Highlights | By Peter Franklin | 7 February 2018 at 6:30 am | 63 comments

Peter Franklin: Ruling political tribes 2) The Conservatives. Gove is now in a position to emerge as kingmaker – or, just maybe, as King.

But unless his fully-developed vision of the future can capture heart-and-minds, I’d expect control of the party to stay with the mainstream.

Comment, Highlights | By Peter Franklin | 12 January 2018 at 6:20 am | 33 comments

Peter Franklin: Ruling political tribes 1) Labour. How the Left came in from the wilderness and drove the Blairites out.

Since I last surveyed the political landscape in 2013 and 2014, some ruling tribes have been cast down, and some formerly lost tribes have risen to rule.

Comment, Highlights | By Peter Franklin | 11 January 2018 at 6:20 am | 53 comments

Peter Franklin: Introducing GovOpposition. How the Tories can reinvent themselves in office. And who’s doing it best.

While the responsibilities of government must be shouldered, there’s no doubting the need for a time of renewal – one as profound as in any period of opposition.

Comment, Highlights | By Peter Franklin | 28 November 2017 at 6:30 am | 31 comments

Ideas for the Budget 1) Peter Franklin: Wanted. A Marshall Plan for housing’s excluded generation.

To reduce investment in infrastructure or R&D is to take away from the future – just as surely as running up unsustainable debt does.

Comment, Highlights | By Peter Franklin | 6 November 2017 at 6:20 am | 83 comments

Heresy of the week: Margaret Thatcher was wrong about “the enemy within”

The shrinking of opportunity allied to the visible influence of crony capitalism makes for a poisonous brew.

The Deep End | By Peter Franklin | 28 August 2015 at 5:45 am | 30 comments

The new PC is harming the people it’s supposed to protect

Shielding individuals from anything that might trigger negative memories goes against well-researched psychological practice.

The Deep End | By Peter Franklin | 27 August 2015 at 5:45 am | 7 comments

The routine harassment of women is a daily offence against liberty

Women have their freedom of movement curtailed in ways that most men don’t even have to think about.

The Deep End | By Peter Franklin | 26 August 2015 at 5:45 am | 52 comments

How the cult of cool makes school miserable and ruins lives

When advertisers use images of impossibly thin models to promote their products to women, there are complaints; but the promotion of unattainable maturity to teenagers is also deeply suspect.

The Deep End | By Peter Franklin | 25 August 2015 at 5:45 am | 10 comments

There’s nothing strange about the death of New Labour

From the perspective of 1997, a description of current events would seem like the ravings of a lunatic.

The Deep End | By Peter Franklin | 24 August 2015 at 5:45 am | 30 comments

Heresy of the week: A richer Africa will mean more migration not less

Some – but not enough – economic development has the effect of making migration a realistic option.

The Deep End | By Peter Franklin | 21 August 2015 at 5:45 am | 14 comments

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