Bruce Anderson: Don’t be fooled by the weather. This is the deep mid-winter.
Winter came early, and I am not referring to the climate. The first frost was detectable by the end of… Read more »
Ruth Lea: The €uro cannot go on and governments must plan for its break-up
The IMF’s latest downgrades to GDP forecasts made for gloomy reading but were wholly to be expected. As if to… Read more »
Anthony Browne: Wealth taxes are in decline, except in ‘Liberal Democrat World’
The biggest challenge facing the country – and the government – is the lack of economic growth. So it is… Read more »
Stephan Shakespeare: Where is the political leadership on the €uro?
The experts tell us we're in a 24-carat financial crisis spearheaded by the loss of confidence in the euro. Two… Read more »
Jill Kirby: The media won’t tell you, but what British parents really want is more time to spend with their children
Last week's UNICEF report on parenting led to a flood of news items lamenting the consumer culture and its impact… Read more »
Anthony Browne: Nick Clegg’s pandering to his base is out of political necessity, rather than genuine conviction
It is good party politics and probably good Coalition positioning – but it's not good government. The announcements of Nick… Read more »
Bruce Anderson: From tragedy, triumph, deceit, and failure – the post-war history of the European project
The great majority of Conservatives have come to a simple, implacable conclusion. They think that the power of Europe has… Read more »
Ruth Lea: We simply cannot afford the Government’s high-cost energy policies
The Chancellor of the Exchequer recently conceded that the forecasts prepared by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) for the… Read more »
Roger Helmer MEP: Why the government is wrong on same-sex marriage
Roger Helmer is a Conservative MEP. He blogs here and recently published "Sceptic At Large". The Coalition government, apparently with… Read more »
Alice Barnard: How to prevent the planning debate from dividing into two rival camps
Alice Barnard, Chief Executive of the Countryside Alliance, is on the Conservative candidates list. The debate over the Government’s draft… Read more »
Anthony Browne: Reflections on Kweku and Vickers
The arrest of the UBS rogue trader Kweku Adoboli over £1.3bn losses is one of those unpolitical “events” that have… Read more »
Stephan Shakespeare: Three reasons why political leadership is becoming less visionary and more inclusive
Will the Eurozone leaders do what cold analysis tells them is right? Or will they dodge and fudge as they… Read more »
Anthony Browne: The government is right in objecting to giving unmarried couples automatic legal rights
It is reported (£) that the government has decided that unmarried but cohabiting couples should not automatically get legal rights over each other, whether they… Read more »
Jill Kirby: That’s enough reviews, let’s have some action
In a bid to boost jobs, the Prime Minister has launched another initiative to ease the burden of employment regulation…. Read more »
Anthony Browne: Last night in the Thatcher Room, a new Eurosceptic Movement of Tory MPs was born
By one count there were 104 Conservative MPs; another put it at 120 – twice the total number of Liberal… Read more »