Without real change, Britain is stuck on a path towards national bankruptcy
Does Sir Keir Starmer have a backbone? Or will he cave into yet more demands to boost benefit dependency?
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Does Sir Keir Starmer have a backbone? Or will he cave into yet more demands to boost benefit dependency?
The King’s Speech will continue the tsunami of legislation that is now overwhelming our lives
It’s perfectly legitimate to oppose new development when the cause of high demand is mass migration
The Tories have a sensible message on Labour’s tax increases, but the fact is that no one is listening
Who governs: MPs or the courts? The PM’s new Act could test parliamentary sovereignty to destruction
Rishi Sunak’s new smoking policy is illustrative of the shift away from individual responsibility to statism
He is an extraordinary political actor with gas still left in tank. The Tories ignore him at their peril
Deporting a few migrants to Rwanda will not end the pull factors encouraging the Channel crossings
Is Wes Streeting up to the task of fixing a system that many in his party still view as beyond reproach?
If they had any ambition left, they would put up Penny Mordaunt to defeat London’s unpopular mayor
History suggests that Right- wing voters would be better off trying to change the Conservatives’ direction
The very people who attack Thatcher today for closing the mines back the death of coal for green reasons
The cartoon porker is under fire from parents who fear the subversively traditionalist show is damaging their offspring, but I don’t see it
Offending against religion was once a crime. It could become one again, albeit only if the belief is Islam
Jeremy Hunt must reward hard working professionals, who have suffered from the current personal tax regime
The Government’s belated new plans are all very well, but will hardly make a dent, given population pressures