BY JASON REED For as long as the debate around the environment has existed, we have been told that capitalism and the climate are diametrically opposed. You protect one at the detriment of the other. So long as we continue to live our decadent lives in our developed economies, gorging Read more…
BY CALVIN ROBINSON It’s outrageous and, therefore, to be expected. As of this month, the BBC will be charging over 75s the full cost of their licence fee. Who would have thought they’d stoop so low? Well, actually – many of us. As more and more people are coming to Read more…
BY SERENA LIT August 1st was a date that women across this country have had marked in their calendars since big man Boris’ grand announcement that beauticians will be allowed to perform all services thereafter. The sense of euphoria many felt at this long overdue verdict has been incredibly short lived, Read more…
BY ETHAN THOBURN Recently, Chancellor Rishi Sunak outlined Britain’s post Coronavirus economic plan in his summer statement. This included a massive package of government support, such as a 15pc VAT cut in the leisure and tourism industry plus the ‘eat out to help out’ scheme, incentivising people to dine in Read more…
BY TIM DAWSON “You don’t wanna do that!” hectored Mr. Don’t Want To Do That, Harry Enfield’s insufferably busy-bodying character in his popular sketch show. It would make the ideal slogan for the government’s new anti-obesity drive. Fancy a pint? You don’t want to do that! Cheese on your burger? Read more…
BY MO METCALF-FISHER If you thought the war on meat was confined to student unions, think again Over the last few years we have witnessed multiple attempts to ban meat from university campuses up and down the country. The University of Cambridge and Goldsmiths have been successful in their attempts; Read more…
BY CLARE GOLBY In March we went into a temporary scholastic shutdown. I collected my children from school and, in conversation one of the other mums, she said she thought the children would be off until September. Oh no, surely that’s not going to happen. Recently, their school broke up Read more…
BY MAX YOUNG Any major crisis tests the major constituent parts of society – their ability to adapt, plan, maintain key functions, and emerge intact. Unfortunately for Britain, our public sector has failed this test across the board. Whitehall departments remain largely deserted as their infrastructure and services grind almost Read more…
BY LEO KEARSE I’m one of the UK’s few openly right wing comedians. I say “openly” because comedians are some of the most inherently right wing people I’ve met – they’re all self-starting Thatcherite entrepreneurs hustling for work in a free market, they all stuff cash under the mattress where Read more…
BY MO METCALF-FISHER At a time when all efforts from local authorities should be on getting as many people out of their homes, to embrace bars and cafes, representatives from the Local Government Association (LGA) have demonstrated a remarkable lack of finger on the pulse initiative; by calling for a Read more…
BY ADAM HAMDY On 2nd March, Free Market Conservatives published this piece, which called on the British government to take swift, decisive action to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The research that formed the basis of the piece was sent to Matt Hancock by a former cabinet minister who’d asked for Read more…
BY ED McGUINNESS There is a phenomenon in social-economic theory called economic clustering and it is the reason why our towns and cities exist. It states that human beings tend to group together in order to produce more than they can do as individuals. In the modern sense this produces Read more…
BY HENRY HILL The SNP are squaring off for another confrontation with the Government. This time, the battlefield is control over so-called ‘level playing field’ provisions once we leave the EU. Michael Gove’s arguments on the London side are straightforward common sense: that powers which were previously vested in the Read more…
BY RAMSHA KHAN Britain has some of the finest universities in the world. Our top universities have earned a reputation globally for being leading pioneers in research and teaching, always performing well in world rankings. Students from all over the world have, for years, arrived in the United Kingdom, in Read more…
BY HOLLY WHITBREAD Following the Chancellor’s inspired Summer Economic Update, I cannot wait to do my national duty and take up the offer of cut priced meals throughout August. After four months of home-cooked dinners, I am excited to eat out once again. The ‘Eat out to help out’ scheme Read more…
BY LIAM DEACON Elderly citizens are the least likely of all age groups to watch online streaming services. Many, instead, rely on traditional TV for much of their entertainment and today the BBC confirmed plans to force three million extra households occupied by the 75s to pay their punitive £157.50 Read more…
BY SERENA LIT Despite unprecedented falls in income and enormous operational challenges, commercial radio continues to play a vital role in keeping us both entertained and informed during this global pandemic. Last month, the industry body submitted a report to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (DCMS) measuring the Read more…
BY JAMES YUCEL It feels like things have changed. At last, a proper discussion is taking place about the future of the TV Licence. Since the BBC was founded in 1926, Britain, and the world have become a very different place. During its heyday, the BBC brought us together with Read more…
BY ETHAN THOBURN With disturbing rumours of tax increases in the air, I recently wrote a piece for this site outlining the economic approach I would like to see in the wake of the Coronacrisis. One of the policies I suggested was scrapping HS2 – something which I’m sure plenty of Read more…
BY RAMSHA KHAN On a usual Sunday, I scrolled mindlessly on Twitter, only to be astounded to find a post by the BBC initiating that the British countryside is racist. “While @DwayneFields found solace in the landscapes of the UK and beyond, many in Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups Read more…