How convenient for the Davos class to be able to prate about equality, diversity and inclusiveness, and to believe itself virtuous.
The UK still a country prioritises freedom. But its citizens are far more deferential to the state than their American cousins – and the language of freedom is far less ideological and far more personal.
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.
Under Blair, the party rejected its own traditions and signed up instead to the global, liberal economic order.
Free market reforms need to be bold and implemented rapidly if they are to have the best chance of being a proven success by the next General Election.
If local authorities really thought there was backing for Council Tax increases, they wouldn’t dodge holding referendums.
The notion that businesses should focus less on profit for shareholders and more on social issues has been tested to its limits.
The Industrial Revolution wrought enormous change, enriching the country and its people. It was a force for global good and thank goodness for it.
The UK has made it crystal clear to its trading partners which side of the table it is going to be on.
Our choice will be between the de-growth agenda of the left, or one of innovation, creativity and technological advance.
We are the party of mobility and enterprise. But we are also the party of community and belonging. What is it to be – roots or wings?
Political popularity appears to be broad and sustained but, when eventually it is exhausted, the falling away of support is dramatic.
A careful reading of Hayek and Adam Smith will confirm that neither was invariably opposed to state action.
Labour is likely to turbocharge the ESG and DEI agenda. Their proposed Race Equality Act would accelerate DEI in the workplace and burden all companies with the sort of diversity reporting the FCA wants to impose on the City.