Andrew Lilico: Mid-term splits don’t lose elections, but wrong policies and strategies do
In response to the latest mild gossip about highly hypothetical leadership challenges to Cameron we've had the usual chorus of… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Andrew Lilico
Andrew Lilico: How much longer will Labour’s pro-EU stance survive?
Follow Andrew on Twitter. In October 1962, as the Conservative government negotiated (unsuccessfully) for Britain to join the European Economic Community,… Read more »
Andrew Lilico: With the Met Office now predicting no rise in global temperatures for 20 years, isn’t it time to give up trying to prevent climate change?
Follow Andrew on Twitter. The UK's Met Office has updated its official estimates of global temperatures. It now predicts that… Read more »
Andrew Lilico: What recognition of the ability to pay should the tax system have?
Until today, the UK tax system contained at least some in-principle recognition that the level of tax one paid was… Read more »
Andrew Lilico: The State of the Union
My highly non-trivial dinner companion summed up his thesis thus: "The guys you have in charge here are clever, and… Read more »
Andrew Lilico: It’s not news that some accusations are false and we should not lose our faith over it
Some allegations made by the police are wrong. Sometimes policemen even make things up entirely. Policemen will back each other… Read more »
Andrew Lilico: In praise of war and justice
The song I most hate in all the world is Imagine by John Lennon. Its lyrics ask us to imagine… Read more »
Andrew Lilico: The 2011 Census data confirm once-and-for-all that the notion of a “housing shortage” in London and the South East is, and always has been, a myth
During the 1980s, across much of England and Wales, there were fewer new houses built than there was growth in… Read more »
Andrew Lilico: Gay marriage – what a lot of unnecessary fuss, outrage and confusion!
With a heavy heart and no enthusiasm, I feel driven by events to write again on gay marriage. Was there… Read more »
Andrew Lilico: With £27bn more cuts to find, something’s gotta give. Why not the NHS ringfence?
The Institute for Fiscal Studies points out that on the government's own figures (if you believe those – and presumably… Read more »
Andrew Lilico: Autumn Statement – Osborne takes his cue from Marshall Foch
"My right is hard pressed. My centre is yielding. Impossible to manoeuvre. Situation excellent. I attack." This is the famous… Read more »
Andrew Lilico: When Ed Balls attacks infrastructure cuts he is actually attacking cuts that Labour scheduled
When debating the impact of public spending on growth, economists normally distinguish between two kinds of government spending. "Current" spending… Read more »
Andrew Lilico: How the end of the Roman Empire led to the rise of political liberalism
One of the most important events in political and intellectual history was the final collapse of the Roman Empire after… Read more »
Andrew Lilico: Responding to Leveson — why is “no change” not an option?
Suppose that a UK water company – let's call it "WaterCo" – were discovered to have been involved in human… Read more »
Andrew Lilico: International risks – both good and bad – for the UK economy
This is the fourth in ConservativeHome’s series of posts counting down to the Autumn Statement. On Tuesday, Tim Montgomerie said… Read more »