BY ANDREW BOFF Like most things Sadiq Khan does, this latest and frankly desperate move is nothing more than a cynical piece of grandstanding and political gameplaying. When the Mayor was a Member of Parliament, he was part of a government which ruled out introducing rent controls on account of Read more…
BY MATTHEW GROVES The Conservative Party advocates the free market not only because it efficiently allocates resources and generates wealth, but because it is based on the belief that freedom is in itself a principle worth defending. The private company, the small businessman, the individual homeowner should all be set Read more…
BY MADSEN PIRIE The UK has a housing problem that bears heavily upon young people. There are not enough homes in places where people want to live. Houses are too expensive for most young first-time buyers, many of whom cannot save for a mortgage deposit because they spend so much Read more…
BY CLARE GOLBY I’m working class and a Conservative. Like the Labour Leadership contender Rebecca Long-Bailey, I was born in Salford in the mid 70s. I saw poverty and social depravation first-hand. Unlike her, I don’t have to make stories up because I lived it. With my background, I’ve been Read more…
BY TIM DAWSON We’ve taken the cane out of the cupboard and given the Corbynites a damn good thrashing. It’s wonderful to have the Prime Minister back. A richly deserved victory. Some of us were nervous; we started to believe the Corbynite agitprop, the Twitterati, the endless doe-eyed drivel from Read more…
BY JIM BARRINGTON “Conservatives set to ditch fox-hunting pledge in manifesto.” – the headline seemed to be a gift for animal rightists. It’s odd how a piece of legislation that curbs the natural actions of dogs is often referred to in the narrowest of terms. The Hunting Act generally prohibits Read more…
BY REBECCA RYAN The Conservatives are facing a looming crisis – and, no, it isn’t ‘no deal’ Brexit, that’ll be fine. We have lost touch with 30 to 45 year-olds, both as voters, and as party activists and candidates. We need to re-capture this demographic – fast. There is a Read more…
BY ANDREW BOFF Rent controls are a zombie policy. However many times you think they are dead, they keep rising again as a new generation of left-wing politicians seizes upon them as an easy answer to a difficult problem. Perhaps this is unsurprising when you consider that the case for Read more…