English understatedness and reticence is all very well, but England isn’t the whole of the UK – and, like much else, Britishness needs its symbols.
The Scottish Conservative leader calls for devolution from Holyrood to local councils, and says he is looking forward to campaigning with Boris Johnson.
It should worry us all that a Conservative government is even on board with the concept of a hate crime.
The Government got “Brexit done” – and now wants to deliver on its pledge to spread “opportunity across the whole United Kingdom”.
It will probe whether or or not Sunak can prepare the country for that future – and perhaps succeed Johnson himself, “one fine day”.
The final part in ConHome’s series this week on the future of the United Kingdom.
The second article in a five-part ConHome series this week on the future of the United Kingdom.
The first in a five-part ConHome series this week on the future of the United Kingdom.
If we impose yet more draconian prison sentences to win a political arms race, the burdens on the taxpayer will become unsustainable.
In two decades, Wales has become one of the most centralised states in Europe.
Eighty-five per cent say that the Union is either very or fairly important to them. Our findings are almost exactly the same as six months ago.
I question whether our reformed apprenticeship system goes far enough.
It’s a terrible milestone and Ministers throughout the UK will be blamed. How could our governments and administrations do better next time?
WPI Economics, which has been crunching numbers for the first, has also taken an interest in the second.
Our Union Connectivity Review will favour routes that serve this aim – be they the A75, the A55 in north Wales or the air corridors to Northern Ireland.