They have spent their lives attacking the people who risk their lives trying to protect us from evil and dangerous people. And they lie as they try to cover their tracks.
The campaign feels better run, including online. People massively prefer Boris Johnson to Corbyn. The question is whether it is enough
While the north and midlands account for 39 per cent of the population of Britain, 29 out of the 50 most marginal Labour seats (58 per cent) are found there.
For me, the most concerning thing wasn’t being behind among the very young, but being behind among everyone under age 47.
It’s a bit like the roof of Parliament’s Westminster Hall: which is held up by a lot of huge, ancient beams all resting on each other.
Ever since the EU referendum, there’s been renewed focus on how to help poorer places. Helpfully there is decades of evidence about what does and doesn’t work.
Years of sound economic management give the Government space to invest in public services, working families, and rebalancing the British economy.
Even in lefty France, socialist policies are now being dumped by Emmanuel Macron in favour of free markets. Now is the time to develop our next round of big ideas.
By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter Tim Montgomerie yesterday offered congratulations to George Osborne, and commiserations to Policy Exchange, on respectively gaining and losing Neil O'Brien. Seconded. As Tim wrote, "Team Cameron is succeeding in recruiting the calibre of people that it needs to maximise its effectiveness".
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Another sign this morning that Team Cameron is succeeding in recruiting the calibre of people that it needs to maximise its effectiveness. Less than a fortnight ago we learnt that Lynton Crosby would be joining the political side of the Cameron operation on a consultancy basis from the new […]
Neil O'Brien is Director of Policy Exchange. Follow him on Twitter. Public spending in Britain rocketed from consuming just over a third of our national income in 2000 to just under half in 2010 – from 36% to 48%. In other words, we are right back to where we were before Mrs Thatcher. The coalition […]
Neil O'Brien is Director of Policy Exchange and blogs regularly for The Telegraph. Follow him on Twitter. Which of the new MPs elected last year have made an impact in Westminster, and in the media? As they find their feet in Parliament, can we spot any patterns emerging? Are new political tribes being formed? There’s […]
New research out today calculates that granting a piece of land planning permission for new houses makes it dramatically more valuable.