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Posts Tagged: Bob Geldof

Nicholas Daniels: British aid should primarily be about investments, not handouts

Ultimately, it is economic growth not traditional aid which will support the growing populations of the developing world.

By Nicholas Daniels | 17 December 2018 | 16 comments

Whether you care about fisheries or not, they’re an essential guide to the new politics of Brexit

Just as Geldof swearing at fishermen symbolised the referendum divide, negotiations over fish offer an insight into what ‘taking back control’ really means.

By Mark Wallace | 8 March 2018 | 187 comments

42 per cent and no majority 3) May should send for winners, having not won herself – and call in the Vote Leave team.

On the anniversary of the EU referendum, the party leadership needs an audit of what went wrong this month, and a plan for the Tory future in this Parliament.

By Paul Goodman | 23 June 2017 | 194 comments

Dyson is runaway winner as our survey’s business campaigner of the year

The British inventor and industrialist helped to bolster the economic case for Leave. Ian Botham comes a distant second, and Bob Geldof last.

By Henry Hill | 29 December 2016

What was the most decisive moment in the EU referendum campaign? Our readers’ answer: Cameron’s renegotiation.

Osborne’s “punishment budget” came in second.

By Paul Goodman | 27 December 2016

The wit and wisdom of Nick Timothy. Celebrities. 13) Don’t expect him to say “I’m on Team Nigella”.

“Perhaps Clooney doesn’t realise there is a difference between pretending to be an elected representative of the people and being one.”

By Paul Goodman | 14 July 2016

Yes, a moment for happiness. But also a moment for healing – and humility

Triumphalism would not only be unfair to David Cameron, one of the most electorally successful Tory election winners of modern times. It would also be deeply wrong.

By Paul Goodman | 24 June 2016 | 109 comments

Jeremy Brier: The lesson of the last few weeks – no more of these divisive, ugly, undecent referenda, please.

Binary choices made amidst a rhetorical race to the bottom are no way for a country to be governed.

By Jeremy Brier | 18 June 2016 | 133 comments

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