This isn’t the time for ambiguity, but clarity: now give them the tools so they can finish the job and free all their territory, including Crimea.
As I vote on legislation passing through Parliament, I notice a steady stream of laws that we could not have passed were we still in the EU.
The universally hawkish attitude of British elites rests on shaky assumptions about the progress of the war and America’s priorities.
Commentators focus their attention on the Red or Blue walls, but the Conservatives shouldn’t turn their backs on the green bridge of voters in both camps, especially when we have a strong record on climate and the environment.
The shift to subsidies is more than the timely, targeted and temporary measures that we saw during the pandemic, and signifies a bigger change in global public policy.
In the geo-political battle of ideas, between an open, liberal vision of government and society, and a more authoritarian template, the continent, overwhelmingly, is in the right column.
Maybe the best way to aggregate opinion is to say that there is a high degree of confidence that 2023 will be a year of recovery, but there is low degree of confidence as to the shape and course of events.
I declare an interest: I am one of the few MPs with a degree in mathematics. And I have never felt like a data-entering robot…
The British authorities’ apparent willingness to go along with Washington on this is politically and legally disastrous for the UK.
Russia now aims to dig in on the Dnipro and in the parts of the Donbas it has had plenty of time to fortify, while using its air and missile forces to deprive Ukraine’s cities of power and water.
There is much that we can offer the region thanks to our expertise in many of the twenty-first century’s key industries.
Together, the United Kingdom and United States are leading the way in the fight to eradicate preventable diseases.
We now have created a situation where the OBR is effectively setting the immediate stance of fiscal policy. If economic expectations are poor, the finances look poor, so austerity or tax hikes follow – but these in turn make the economy and finances worse.
We don’t have time to waste. During 2025 and 2026 the TCA, the UK/EU fisheries agreement, the EU’s decision on UK data adequacy and its current policy on derivatives trading all come up for review.