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Richard Short

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Richard Short is the Deputy Director of the Conservative Workers and Trade Unionists, and Parliamentary Candidate for St Helens South and Whiston.

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Richard Short: Corbyn rails against the super-rich, but it’s ordinary workers who would bear the cost of his ideas

A shallow minded and lazy tax and spend policy can only go so far on tax taken from the highest earners.

Comment, Highlights | By Richard Short | 14 November 2019 at 6:30 am | 51 comments

Richard Short: Willink would have approved of harnessing American expertise to serve the NHS

If he was alive today, Sir Henry Willink would have been an enthusiastic supporter of a comprehensive US/UK trade deal.

Comment | By Richard Short | 16 September 2019 at 3:00 pm | 15 comments

Richard Short: Don’t fall for the scare stories. Chlorinated chicken would be good for you. It’s time to tuck in.

The irony is that the EU itself has declared there are no food safety grounds to ban the process.

Comment, Highlights | By Richard Short | 18 August 2019 at 6:30 am | 169 comments

Richard Short: The EU Commission and Johnson’s critics are wrong. He was right about those Isle of Man kippers.

The root of these rules is EU Regulation 852/2004, which contains a whole lot more – and he is justified in profiling it.

Comment, Highlights | By Richard Short | 20 July 2019 at 6:20 am | 200 comments

Richard Short: Student loans – change the title, change the narrative

We need to look at the write-off threshold more than the repayment threshold or bottom line fees to make a difference that young graduates can relate to.

Comment, Highlights | By Richard Short | 14 October 2017 at 6:30 am | 66 comments

Richard Short: There is a way to lift the pay cap – without caving in to Labour’s plan and putting jobs at risk

We should look again at appreciating the added value that the public sector brings to the wealth of the economy – and lift the cap for low earners.

Comment, Highlights | By Richard Short | 1 July 2017 at 6:45 am | 71 comments

Richard Short: What I learnt from my campaigning tour of the constituencies

It is worth looking at where we were successful, and what went right, in the hope we can replicate that, and secure better success at the next general election.

Comment | By Richard Short | 18 June 2017 at 4:00 pm | 67 comments

Richard Short: Labour’s Garden Tax is ready to savage the homes and gardens of ordinary working people

A measure apparently intended to target the well-off would instead hit former council house owners, pensioners and the vulnerable.

Comment, Highlights | By Richard Short | 3 June 2017 at 6:50 am | 87 comments

Richard Short: So you want flexible immigration controls that work? Go for the Manx option.

Its permit system places the island’s residents at the centre of policy – and can be tightened up, just as just it was in 2009, if the economy is squeezed.

Comment, Highlights | By Richard Short | 14 May 2017 at 12:00 pm | 20 comments

Richard Short: We Tories must renew our efforts to win the industrial north

Corbyn might lock Labour out of power at Westminster, but Momentum could still end up wielding real power in local government.

Comment | By Richard Short | 29 September 2016 at 3:00 pm | 27 comments

Richard Short: Never give up on the Conservative coalfield challenge

Spencer Pitfield’s by-election candidacy in Sheffield and my own experience in Leigh help demonstrate that nowhere should be out of bounds for us.

Comment | By Richard Short | 13 April 2016 at 11:30 am | 11 comments

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