Watch in particular for interaction between Ukrainian refugees and small boats as the year lengthens.
“We must put all our energies into three priorities: Capital. People. Ideas. And if we can do that, then we can rejuvenate our national productivity.”
Ministers should do nothing to make a coup less likely as the country’s elites come to terms with the consequences of war.
It is also clear that Rishi Sunak is positioning himself to be able to take over as PM.
Lumping more onto the UK’s tax burden – already at the highest sustained level seen in peacetime – cannot be the answer.
The driver of public wrath isn’t parties, but Covid – and the Prime Minister has announced the end of restrictions.
Control the controllables. So provide assistance, ease the pain, reverse the tax hikes, explain why – and focus on a pro-growth strategy.
For the sake of our bills as well as our security interests, we need to double down on homegrown green energy instead.
We can now conclude that the alphabet soup of official bodies got it wrong. They have not yet proved terribly contrite about it.
Without it, we won’t be able to have better public services, less debt and lower deficits, or a fairer deal for younger people.
Pay is a business cost and, in reaction, profit-seeking firms will raise prices, cut worker benefits, slash services, or leave the sector if profits are squeezed.
When he was Mayor of London, I outlined to Boris Johnson how we have the potential to become the largest economy in western Europe.
Building up economic resilience will be necessary for a successful response to Brexit, Covid recovery and the transition to Net Zero.