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Kristian Niemietz is Head of Political Economy at the Institute of Economic Affairs We are not having a very good pandemic so far. With over 1,500 deaths per million people, Britain has one of the highest Covid death rates in the world. You can quibble a bit with those figures, but only at the margins….
Andy Street is Mayor of the West Midlands, and is a former Managing Director of John Lewis. A year ago, I stood in the halls of Aldridge Transport Museum, surrounded by historic vehicles of all shapes and sizes, to unveil my 2040 Transport Plan. The museum is a great place to learn how we got…
Tony Smith CBE is a former Head of the UK Border Force and Director of Ports and Borders in both the UK and Canada. He is now Managing Director of Fortinus Global Ltd, an international border security company, and Chairman on the International Border Management and Technologies Association. A day rarely goes by without me…
UK arrivals could be asked to take ‘post-quarantine’ test in bid to block new variants, minister says “All international arrivals will be made to take two tests during their 10-day quarantine period, the Government will announce today – as a minister admitted the process could be bolstered further. Matt Hancock is expected to announce that…
Will Tanner is Director of Onward and a former Deputy Head of Policy in Number 10 Downing Street. Britain’s vaccination success has many parents. Kate Bingham for leading the Vaccines Taskforce. The Prime Minister, Chancellor and Health Secretary for backing its ambitious approach in spite of costs and risks. The scientists, researchers and companies who…
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump filed dueling legal briefs Monday in a clash with prosecuting Democrats over the First Amendment, due process, and something the nation’s eighth president said as Trump’s second Senate impeachment trial formally began. The Senate will try Trump on the House’s single charge of “incitement to insurrection,” blaming Trump’s Jan….
A judge in New York on Friday rejected Democrats’ claims that voting machine irregularities undercounted hundreds of votes for Rep. Ted Brindisi, a decision that means Republican challenger Claudia Tenney will be certified the winner of the election. Lawyers for Brindisi had called for a hand recount of the 325,000-plus votes cast in the House…
RANSON, West Virginia—Drive along U.S. 11 in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and here in West Virginia and you are pretty much roaming through the more conservative enclaves of the region. The road, one of the first north-south routes in the country, takes the traveler through places such as Chambersburg, Shippensburg, and Carlisle, Hagerstown and Martinsburg. The offramps…
Sam Thurgood works with the NHS on hospital building projects, and is Deputy Chair, Political, for London South East. He was parliamentary candidate for Lewisham East in the 2019 general election. Last week, and as covered on ConservativeHome yesterday, the draft White Paper on the NHS in England was leaked, showing the proposed future direction…
