David Cameron has once again set out a magnificent vision for a Conservative programme to make Britain greater. I am delighted our poverty-fighting social justice ideas are back at the forefront of Conservatism. I may have entered politics over the Lisbon Treaty, but the journey taught me the calamitous extent of […]
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The last gasp of an outdated ideology – speech on the EU
I’ve been asked to publish my speech at the launch of Politeia’s The UK and the EU: what must change? by Bernard Jenkin, Sir William Cash and John Redwood. I did not have a script: this is a close parallel of the main substance of my remarks. In 2007, a British MP visited the […]
Read MoreNew measures to support entrepreneurs and job creation
As the Legatum Institute’s Prosperity Index repeatedly shows, entrepreneurship and opportunity are the primary keys to overall prosperity. It is because life in society is a creative dynamic process of discovering how best to serve the needs of other people and to adjust to them. If we are to become the […]
Read MoreBuilding a brighter, more secure future: what the next Conservative Government will do
Via Share the Facts, what the next Conservative Government will do: Over the past five years we have put our country back on the right track. And we have a clear plan for the next five years that will build a brighter, more secure future for families across Britain. Let’s not […]
Read MoreOur plan is getting Britain back to work
Via Share the Facts, Getting Britain back to work: Creating jobs is at the heart of our plan, and the plan is working – with employment now at an all-time high. Over 1,000 jobs have been created every day since 2010 – and there are now 2 million more people in work. Every […]
Read MoreCrime is down by more than a quarter
Via Share the Facts: Our action plan and the hard work of the Police means that crime is down by more than a quarter – the lowest level on record. The Guardian reports, Crime rate in England and Wales falls 7% to lowest level since 1981.
Read MoreWe will get the deficit down: Ed Miliband and the SNP will just keep borrowing
Via Share the Facts: Labour left Britain with a record peacetime deficit, and a note that read: “there is no money”. But since 2010 we’ve been working through a plan to get Britain back to living within its means. And that plan is working – with the deficit now reduced […]
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David Cameron: Let’s finish what we’ve begun
Via Share the Facts, David Cameron explains that all our dreams hinge on a strong economy, that we cannot give a Labour a second chance with the security and stability of people’s lives and that Labour hurt the many in the crisis, not the few: David Cameron: “We’re the only […]
Read MoreThe Conservative Manifesto and the type of country we want to be
This election is about the type of country we want to be. We can keep going forward with the Conservatives, and build a country where those who work hard and do the right thing can enjoy a good life. Or we can go back to square one with Labour, who […]
Read MoreThe Conservative plan is working and securing a brighter future
Via Share the Facts: Experts like the Head of the IMF and the German Finance Minister are clear: our plan is working and securing a brighter future. We can’t risk it with Ed Miliband and the SNP.
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