Charles K Rowley: Obama’s “Long March” to the Social Market Economy
Charles K Rowley is Duncan Black Professor of Economics at George Mason University and General Director of The Locke Institute…. Read more »
Jeremy Brier: Was the Lib Dems’ seaside farce in Bournemouth the most hapless Party Conference in recent times?
Jeremy Brier is a barrister and the Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate for Luton North. It’s always tragic to see great,… Read more »
Nick Herbert MP: The consumer should be king and free trade must flourish – but we have a right to know when we are buying British
Nick Herbert is Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. I don’t usually go to the… Read more »
Margot James: How to deliver more for less in health and social care
Margot James is Conservative Party Vice Chairman for Women and PPC for Stourbridge. I met the head of Adult Learning… Read more »
Could Red Toryism insert a dose of conservatism back into the Conservative Party?
Michael Merrick is studying for a PhD in the School of Divinity at St. Andrews University. There appears to be… Read more »
Lorraine Mullally: David Cameron should promise a referendum on reforming the EU
Lorraine Mullally is Director of Open Europe. Less than two weeks before the second Irish referendum on the Lisbon Treaty,… Read more »
Tim Bale: The Scottish Tories are getting their act together
Tim Bale is Senior Lecturer in Politics at Sussex University and his book, The Conservative Party: From Thatcher to Cameron,… Read more »
Graeme Brown: The FTSE at 5,000 is still a mark of Labour failure
Graeme Brown was Conservative candidate for Ashton-under-Lyne in 2005 and works for a 'Big Four' accountancy firm. There was great… Read more »
James Bethell: The Centre-Right must take on the BNP – and not let the Left off the hook for its role in Britain’s neo-fascist revival
James Bethell is Director of Nothing British. It’s sad to lose, but how are you meant to feel when your… Read more »
Richard Balfe: We must give trade unions a chance to be part of the solution rather than typecast them as part of the problem
Richard Balfe is a former Labour MEP who joined the Conservatives in 2002; in 2008 he was appointed to liase… Read more »
Madsen Pirie: To transform Britain permanently, the next Government should start by taking the lowest paid out of income tax and replacing council tax with a local sales tax
Dr Madsen Pirie is the President of the Adam Smith Institute, a leading free market think-tank. His new book, Zero… Read more »
Ryan Streeter: One year on from the collapse of Lehman Brothers, Britain desperately needs a culture of enterprise to be fostered
Ryan Streeter is a Senior Fellow at the Legatum Institute in London. He was previously a domestic policy advisor to… Read more »
Mark Field MP: It is time to recognise the reassertion of Russian power and form a positive relationship with the country – recognising our requirement for Russian energy, trade and co-operation in dealing with terrorism
In an extended Platform article, Mark Field, the MP for Cities of London and Westminster, analyses the West's relationship with… Read more »
Martin Sewell: Does the Supreme Court represent a Lawyers’ Coup d’Etat?
Martin Sewell is a Kent-based family lawyer. Lord Neuberger has raised concerns this week about the effects of one of… Read more »
Nicky Morgan: The next generation of MPs must change the relationship between Parliament and Government and not be afraid to show some independence of thought
Nicky Morgan is the prospective parliamentary candidate for Loughborough. David Cameron’s speech earlier this week makes thought-provoking reading for those… Read more »