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Via City A.M. – Boris on Starbucks and DC on judicial review

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On the cover of City A.M. this morning, Boris Johnson argues that Starbucks must do more for the UK. Apparently, the Mayor said of Starbucks, “It needs to reflect very fast and very seriously on its position…Either it makes a change in its tax arrangements or does a lot more to visibly serve society.” Now, I was critical of Starbucks in the press myself, but the Mayor is mixing up two issues: paying tax and serving society. As I said [...]

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David Cameron has shown why the Tories are the truly moral party – Telegraph

In Birmingham yesterday Mr Cameron delivered the third great speech of his career. As on the two previous occasions, it came at exactly the right moment. He arrived here in shocking shape after a dire six months, during which the Government had been guilty of indecision, incompetence, drift and – at times – an intolerable arrogance. Many people no longer knew what the Prime Minister stood for. There was even talk that he might not survive until the general election. [...]

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The PM’s critics on the EU have a crucial question to answer

What would they have done about this “new fiscal compact” agreed at the recent European Council: General government budgets shall be balanced or in surplus; this principle shall be deemed respected if, as a rule, the annual structural deficit does not exceed 0.5% of nominal GDP. Such a rule will also be introduced in Member States’ national legal systems at constitutional or equivalent level. The rule will contain an automatic correction mechanism that shall be triggered in the event of [...]

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The PM sets out the facts on public pensions

Via Hansard, the Prime Minister sets out the facts on public pensions at PMQs (emphasis mine): Let me just remind the right hon. Gentleman and the House of the facts about public sector pensions. Anyone earning less than £15,000 on a full-time equivalent salary will not see any increase in the contributions they have to make. In terms of the reforms we are making, a nurse retiring on a salary of just over £34,000 today would get a pension of [...]

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Three economic dragons and a three-pronged plan

Via Future Conservatism | Conservative Home. The three economic dragons: Britain faces much more than a debt challenge. Through no fault of their own Cameron and Osborne have inherited three historic economic challenges: massive levels of personal and government debt; the Eurozone crisis; and the long-term rise of China, India and other emerging economies. Taken together these challenges threaten to make the British economy dangerously uncompetitive in the years ahead. Meanwhile, for the FT (£), the Prime Minister writes: The eurozone crisis has [...]

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David Cameron’s speech in full – Telegraph

Via David Cameron’s speech in full – Telegraph, a biting attack on the liberal left: Oh yes, I do understand. Believe me I do understand and I am disgusted by the idea that we should aim for any less for a child from a poor background than a rich one. I have contempt for the notion that we should accept narrower horizons for a black child than a white one. Yes it’s the age-old irony of the liberal left: they practice [...]

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David Cameron explains why he is voting No to AV

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The Big Society: Social Power over State Power

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Via Cameron relaunches Big Society ‘with moral purpose’: The Big Society, which embraces hundreds of programmes which attempt to return power from the state to the people, has come under fire from some Tory MPs and activists, who claim it is virtually meaningless to voters. It has also met Opposition criticism, including claims that it is merely an attempt to hand state-financed services to the private sector and a cynical “cover” for spending cuts. Isn’t it tragic that we have become [...]

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Loans to Ireland

Over at ConservativeHome’s Platform, I have set out a view on loans to Ireland: Yesterday, the Commons passed the Loans to Ireland Bill using an emergency procedure which saw all stages taken in the House in an afternoon. I supported the allocation of time, on the basis that if it needs doing at all, it is an emergency. I abstained on second reading – for I didn’t have the heart to rebel – and then supported Douglas Carswell’s amendment to [...]

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The Big Society message in Wycombe today

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There is such a thing as society – it’s just not the same as the state. — David Cameron Today, the Big Society message went out powerfully in Wycombe. I spent this morning visiting Coffee Nation‘s HQ, where Chief Executive Scott Martin and I discussed enterprise as the basis of a positive society in the interests of everyman: their gourmet self-service coffee machines are intended to reach every section of society. (And they make an excellent brew!) Over lunch with [...]

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