We are looking at a possible deep recession, with a big surge in jobless and the loss of substantial capacity to produce goods and services for the future.
It is a supreme irony that the EU has effectively ended free movement, while the UK continues to embrace it
We should make tariff reductions conditional on meeting standards of food safety, animal welfare and environmental protection which are as good as our own.
After the Conservative success in last year’s general election, it seemed telecanvassing was on hold for the time being. But it could be useful over the coming months.
My own experience when I was a minister showed two institutions which really didn’t care very much what we thought: the Chinese government, and Google.
Effectively, for much of the population, UBI would merely take their money and then give it back to them. What’s the point?
A deep reservoir of community and contribution, obscured in normal times, has been uncovered by our present situation.
What it comes down to is that many western countries, like the USA, are about to double their national debt in record time of two or three years.
Whilst I find the present curtailment of my personal right to roam frustrating, I reluctantly sympathise.
Social distancing in a crowded urban park is ceaseless effort; on a rural stroll, effortless. Yet Derbyshire Police insist that we confine ourselves to the former.
The tax benefits of being self-employed should reflect genuine value added relative to normal employment.
NICE’s guidelines menace those with autism, cerebral palsy, learning disabilities and mental health problems.
The reason we will get away with it again, as we did in the banking crash, is that there is so much deflation around, inflation is not a problem.
By taking unnecessary risks with virus transmission we could literally be putting others at greater risk of death if the services they need are blocked.
This is not about NHS on the cheap; the Army has a long history of having to upscale rapidly, and should be used in these troublesome times.