In the same interview he said “I tend to be rather bad at politics”, which is true if one takes the holding of great offices of state as the yardstick of success.
From Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan to Friedrich Hayek and Adam Smith, the wisest economic liberals have always been pragmatic about international competition.
The Government should work to diversify supply chains to increase resilience by making it easier and less expensive for UK supermarkets to import produce from all over the world.
Though they may seem to run against Conservative principles, they are a valuable legal mechanism. They can be a part of the solution to the housing crisis.
If local authorities really thought there was backing for Council Tax increases, they wouldn’t dodge holding referendums.
Our columnist provides the second piece in our series this week about Brexit – almost a year since the end of transition.
A careful reading of Hayek and Adam Smith will confirm that neither was invariably opposed to state action.
A new volume of essays puts special advisers in historical context, and suggests the Cabinet has been marginalised by a succession of over-mighty PMs.
They can seem remote from the everyday priorities of people here at home. But at its heart, trade is a powerful way to deliver what people really care about.
This sector is hugely important to the UK economy, accounting for many jobs, as well as boosting trade. The Government must help it in these troubled times.
Several wonder how these big spending pledges are sustainable.
It represents an emergency call to arms – not a permanent transition towards a command society.
We republish a personal Tory manifesto first published by this site almost exactly five years ago.
If you believe in this idea of conservatism; if you want new faces at the table; if you share these ambitions, then please say so.
The party must put up its sails and navigate back towards traditional conservatism. To do so, we will need to pick up and wield the sword of imagination – with a little help from some of our party’s greatest thinkers.