Public safety is the right basis for regulation, public outrage is not. Yet time and again, politicians have brought in new laws tailored to the magnitude of the outcry, not the facts of the crime.
He rose above his aristocratic pedigree to become the ultimate servant of his Queen and Country, and ensured that the Conservative Party had a strong foundation upon which to build in the Twentieth Century.
The voters of Mid Bedfordshire may not have the power to precipitate a by-election, but her parliamentary colleagues do. If they don’t, will their outrage at her conduct ring hollow?
Over the last 50 years of British political history, there have been precisely two occasions when the established order was challenged and defeated: the Thatcher revolution, and Brexit. In both instances, the agent of change was the Conservatives.
Although there is a clear ‘Sunak Effect’ among voters, running a presidential-style campaign exposes the Conservatives to the same risks as almost 80 years ago.
There are many things that can be done to resist the tide. The first would be for ministers to make the philosophical case for where state responsibility ends, and personal responsibility starts.
There are lively independence movements all over the Federation; local elites are preparing for a clean excision, a chance to join the comity of nations as (in many cases) resource-rich republics.
There are clear signs that those at the top have lost faith or interest in this charity’s vital mission. It’s time for Trust members to take back control.
Fifty-five years ago, on the 8th, August 1968, Johannes Bjelke-Petersen, one of the most unconventional and controversial twentieth-century conservative leaders, became the Premier of Queensland, Australia.
He must level with voters about the poor prospects of the public finances – and the need for both a return to austerity and serious decisions around generating growth.
The A list and its successors haven’t kept a golden generation out of Parliament. Many of those who might have made it up aren’t putting themselves forward for selection in the first place.
Or: Хотспур. Which, in translation, would be “Hotspur – an immersive retelling of the Percy rebellion from Henry IV, Part I.”
The collapse of a business empire revealed an extraordinary web of corruption which spanned British politics, and saw the leader of Newcastle council jailed.
We should respect those British subjects who built new lives in this country without reducing their story to a progressive fairy-tale.
Even before the names and details of ten thousand personnel were leaked, the PSNI was already losing one member a day. Exposed to dissident republican terrorism, how many more will quit?