A new report proposes a budgetary increase of some £10 billion a year that would be lavished on a rebranded, semi-independent body called “Global Affairs UK”, run by people who disdain our traditions and want to put our mid-sized, offshore country firmly in its place.
Jeremy Corbyn and his allies very nearly had it all, but then lost everything. What makes it worse (for them) is that it’s their own stupid fault.
It might help if the new definition made a clearer distinction between extremism of belief and extremism of action. But it would be better still if it didn’t try to define extremism at all.
The leadership may lack the vision and courage to exploit the Tories’ weaknesses, but they make it very hard for a hungrier, savvier party to do so.
It’s a rare politician who has both the urge and the ability to convey something extra in what they say or write – and to do so with enough subtlety to get away with it. But if anyone in the current cabinet can, it’s him.
And thus we arrive at the most important (and inevitable) of all deflationary trends: demographic change. Retired people tend to consume less than their working age compatriots – thus putting downward pressure on demand as the population ages.
What is it that justifies universal adult participation in democracy – and the market place – on equal terms? It’s not anything one can find in Nietzsche, but rather the essentially Christian belief that all lives matter.
We have become a party for whom the grotesque is the primary mode of communication. Just to reiterate, I’m not talking about policy or principle here, but a predilection for the odd and off-putting in presentation.
Both sides could be wrong because both believe that we’re already on the path to Artificial General Intelligence. But we should be prepared for the possibility both factions are chasing fairies.
America is heading for one of the nastiest and most divisive elections in its modern history. It could very easily overshadow our own.
if you look at the odds for the next Conservative leader, there are no white men among the front runners. The top five comprise Kemi Badenoch, Penny Mordaunt, James Cleverly, Suella Braverman and Gillian Keegan.
My hunch is the next generation of aspiring leaders will have a firmer grip on the meaning of conservatism than the current crop. Or, at least, I hope so — otherwise there might not be a party to lead.
The national humiliation, The out-of-control budgets. The broken political promises. What most drives one to despair is the opportunity cost.
Instead of a Conservative housing policy that emphasises home ownership and architectural beauty, it will now be done the Labour way. When tower blocks start rising over the Home Counties, I hope that our remaining MPs realise their mistake.