Damian Flanagan: Manchester has a central role to play in preserving the UK

Damian Flanagan: Manchester has a central role to play in preserving the UK

Damian Flanagan is Chair of Manchester Conservatives. While we are all busy trying to make our way – maintaining life and livelihoods as best as we can – through the long ordeal of the Coronavirus pandemic, we might also be grimly aware that our very nation seems to be intractably moving apart. Calls from the…

The Great Reset (of property)

The Great Reset (of property)

In recent times, newspapers have been filled with stories about the enormous changes to the property market brought about by the Covid pandemic. “London falling”, reads one headline, warning that the “magnetism of living in the capital is losing its power“. Other articles echo this sentiment, highlighting the rise in demand elsewhere. There have been…

Harry Fone: Holding council meetings online can save millions in travel expenses

Harry Fone: Holding council meetings online can save millions in travel expenses

Harry Fone is the Grassroots Campaign Manager for the TaxPayers’ Alliance. Across the country, local authorities have had to adapt to the challenges the pandemic has brought. One key area has been the ability to continue to hold regular council meetings using online services like Zoom and Microsoft Teams. In order to make this possible,…

6 of Democrats’ Arguments for Disqualifying Trump From Seeking Office Again
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6 of Democrats’ Arguments for Disqualifying Trump From Seeking Office Again

House prosecutors argued Wednesday that former President Donald Trump not only is responsible for the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol but was involved in a “premeditated” effort after he “ran out of nonviolent measures” to keep power.  Day Two of Trump’s second Senate impeachment trial was the first full day for Democrats’ House impeachment…

George Shultz: A Centenarian’s 8 Decades of Service Remembered
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George Shultz: A Centenarian’s 8 Decades of Service Remembered

Former Secretary of State George Shultz died Saturday at the impressive age of 100 at his home in Stanford, California, where he had been a distinguished fellow at the Hoover Institution since 1982.  Shultz died on the birthday of the president, Ronald Reagan, with whom he left his greatest mark on history. The cause of death has…

Ben Roback: Biden’s new administration. Are you not entertained? (No: and don’t expect to be.)

Ben Roback: Biden’s new administration. Are you not entertained? (No: and don’t expect to be.)

Ben Roback is Head of Trade and International Policy at Cicero Group. There is an iconic scene in Gladiator when Maximus (Russell Crowe) lifts his arms out and exclaims: “Are you not entertained? Are you not entertained! Is this not why you were here?” Donald Trump’s departure from Washington aboard Marine One was markedly less…

Andrew Murrison: I voted for lockdown. But the choice between saving lives and losing freedom is hard.

Andrew Murrison: I voted for lockdown. But the choice between saving lives and losing freedom is hard.

Dr Andrew Murrison is a former Foreign Office and DfID Minister, a doctor, and MP for South-West Wiltshire. Breaking bad news, laying out unpalatable options, are among the most difficult conversations any doctor will have. With the government bringing the immediate COVID crisis to heel, difficult conversations are needed to test the boundaries of society’s…

Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: This unbrushed, unkempt PM reckons he can beat the Nats

Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: This unbrushed, unkempt PM reckons he can beat the Nats

“I have the confidence to do things my own way,” Boris Johnson’s hair declared. It was this week messier than ever: unbrushed, unkempt, uncut, as if the Prime Minister had washed it and fallen asleep with it in a wet and tangled mess, so that when he awoke it would stick out in every direction….