Public libraries aren’t worth having unless their users have access to a free range to what has been thought and said. Maintained schools need guidance on how to raise a generation of free-thinkers, not automatic-thinkers.
The tobacco epidemic is already nearing its end and there is strong public support for measures to hasten its arrival.
Anderson has responded to Rishi Sunak’s suspension of the whip – opposed by almost two-thirds of our panel – by becoming Reform UK’s first MP.
A liberal society that respects private property must oppose these wretched restrictions with the utmost force. Only then will it truly respect the sanctity of each owner himself.
A mandate for abolition provided by a manifesto pledge might be easier for the markets to accept than just ignoring it in the pursuit of tax cuts, as Liz Truss attempted.
I have a theory: more often than not, a political party is better at evaluating its opponent’s political weaknesses than its own.
To those who say that election year budgets should offer short-term giveaways, I say this: history tells us that the British public is much too smart and much too sceptical to be bribed.
When your council tells you that roadblocks are the best way to improve your local roads, tell them to look at the official data.
The Lib Dems gained a seat from the Conservatives in Mid Devon. Labour gained a seat from Plaid Cymru in Bridgend.
No fewer than 10,000 women who undertook DIY abortions in 2020 required hospital treatment for complications. A morally serious Parliament, in step with public opinion, should not assent to an amendment that treats abortion pills like sweets.
The PM and Chancellor are right to avoid the “jump to glory style of politics”, but this may only be recognised when they are gone.
My decision to step down wasn’t based on my prospects in Sutton and Cheam. Forecasts suggest it remains eminently winnable. It’s more about getting detached from the ability to solve problems, to get stuff done.
My reinstatement by CCHQ was a significant milestone, not just for me but for the broader conversation on the rights and freedoms that form the bedrock of our democracy.
Remember that the split on the Canadian right guaranteed easy Liberal victories until 2003, when the Canadian Alliance (a rebranding of the Reform Party) and the remnants of the federal Progressive Conservatives finally decided to merge.