“Terrorists do not “win” when the security and intelligence agencies and the police gain new powers to keep the public safe.”
“The cuts proposed are huge: the departments are asked to cut up to 40 per cent… Neither the Treasury nor the departments believe this is the real number.”
He represents a proudly provincial conservatism, in which the condition of the striving classes, and of the industries on which they depend, matter a hundred times more than the City of London.
Plus: I tip him as Brexit Secretary, and just look what happens next.
“In today’s Opposition, there is no alternative, not because Corbyn is right but because nobody else can think of what to do.”
“Perhaps Clooney doesn’t realise there is a difference between pretending to be an elected representative of the people and being one.”
“This intolerance of campaigners against child abuse mirrors the curious tolerance our society has shown to it in the past.”
Lloyd George introduced a non-contributory system – unlike the contributions-based proposal from Chamberlain – and its legacy endures today.
“No wonder even the continental press dubbed Juncker ‘the master of lies’.”
“We risk increasing the incidence of human trafficking rather than reducing it.”
“If the police pre-planned a mass, unlawful assault on the miners at Orgreave, and then sought to cover up what they did, we need to know.”
Hammond, Fox, Javid. How will a generation of politicians raised under Thatcher adapt to the new Prime Minister’s desire for an industrial strategy?
The row over the Prime Minister’s remarks about local Associations has been mostly concocted. But the need for Party reform is real. We open a ConHome series.
Part Two in our mini-series concludes that the choice is between a possible wrangle over free movement if we leave and the certainty of more uncontrolled migration if we don’t.
The new rules clarify when and how special advisers can engage in political activity, but come too late for those needlessly punished for the old system’s shortcomings.