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Richard Short: So you want flexible immigration controls that work? Go for the Manx option.

Its permit system places the island’s residents at the centre of policy – and can be tightened up, just as just it was in 2009, if the economy is squeezed.

By Richard Short | 14 May 2017 | 20 comments

Rebecca Lowe Coulson: Compulsory voting? Only as a last resort. And we’re not there yet.

Britain has a tradition of democracy, and Britons shunning elections are not, typically, making a stance against that.

By Rebecca Lowe | 12 April 2017 | 42 comments

Mohammed Amin: Why referendums are almost always a bad idea

Even when the question is properly specified, they offer voters a binary choice without any consideration of the consequences that potentially flow.

By Mohammed Amin | 26 February 2017 | 115 comments

Binita Mehta-Parmar: Citizenship ceremonies at the Cup Final – and a new migration model for Post-Brexit Britain.

Modern Britain’s new report, released today, proposes increasing the number of highly-skilled migrants while significantly reducing low-skilled immigration.

By Binita Mehta-Parmar | 22 February 2017 | 35 comments

George Maggs: Brexit, our Commonwealth friends – and a chance to discover the deepest sense of our national interest

Our real interests derive from forging understandings and ties with countries which have traditionally considered themselves British in all but name.

By George Maggs | 19 February 2017 | 174 comments

Daniel Hannan: A Singapore-style economy isn’t a threat, it’s a growth strategy

If it is too exotic a model, try Australia or New Zealand. They, too, have opened their markets, removing tariffs and trade barriers, liberalising their economies.

By Daniel Hannan MEP | 16 February 2017 | 122 comments

Michael Tomlinson: Brexit is the greatest opportunity for free trade and prosperity since the repeal of the Corn Laws

Tomorrow marks the anniversary of Peel moving his great measure – to which much of the Lords was also opposed.

By Michael Tomlinson | 15 February 2017 | 41 comments

Jake Berry: Let’s extend the hand of friendship to our Commonwealth friends at our border

Starting with creating a designated channel for them, and continuing by heavily promoting the Registered Travellers Service.

By Jake Berry MP | 12 February 2017 | 62 comments

Chloe Westley: How Brexit will bring Australia and the UK closer together

We can achieve free trade, a fair immigration policy – and a much needed shot in the arm for intelligence sharing.

By Chloe Westley | 11 February 2017 | 128 comments

LISTEN: Alan Oxley argues Britain can lead the world on free trade after Brexit

The Australian former trade ambassador argues we must leave the Customs Union to secure the full benefit for ourselves and others.

10 February 2017 | 20 comments

Ted Yarbrough: The Commonwealth offers a clear route to building a global Britain

We should draw up plans for free trade among the nine major powers, and free movement among the Anglosphere.

By Ted Yarbrough | 7 February 2017 | 60 comments

“NATO – the cornerstone of the West’s defence”. The Prime Minister’s speech to the Republican Party Congress: full text

“Let us renew the relationship that can lead the world towards the promise of freedom and prosperity marked out by those ordinary citizens 240 years ago.”

27 January 2017 | 5 comments

Jeremy Sher: Future referendums should require a majority of the Home Nations, not just a majority of the people

Our democratic rules have not kept pace with the changing nature of the Union.

By Jeremy Sher | 25 January 2017 | 121 comments

George Maggs: The reason at the heart of anxiety about mass immigration

No, it isn’t racism. Nor is it economic consequences. Nor even the impact on
public services. Rather, it cuts to the heart of why countries exist at all.

By George Maggs | 22 January 2017 | 106 comments

May warns Davos of globalisation’s downside – and “the cult of individualism”. Her speech: full text

“We need to recognise the way in which a more global and individualistic world can sometimes loosen the ties that bind our society together.”

19 January 2017 | 92 comments

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