CAPX: Is the traditional Tory belief in free enterprise leaving the station?

By on July 03, 2021 in Best Brexit, Local Campaigns, Low Cost Britain, National Campaigns, Regenerating Weston, UK Productivity & Growth

This article was originally published on CAPX Online. The new Plan for Rail starts really well, by invoking the buccaneering, entrepreneurial early days of Britain’s railways when the ‘iron web’, invented in this country in 1825, spread across the earth, transforming everything and everywhere it touched. Huge amounts of private…

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Weston Mercury: Whatever your politics may be, boundary changes are good news for democracy

By on June 30, 2021 in Local Campaigns, National Campaigns, Newspaper Articles

Political reactions to the suggested new Parliamentary Boundaries are usually guaranteed to turn anyone into a cynic. Broadly, people who think it might help them win the next election are in favour, while anyone who thinks it hurts their chances ritually denounces the entire exercise as unfair and wrong.  What’s…

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Telegraph: New rules on state subsidies

By on June 30, 2021 in Best Brexit, Low Cost Britain, National Campaigns, Press Cuttings, UK Productivity & Growth

Article Originally published on The Telegraph Online (30/06/2021). Read it here. New subsidy control bill promises ‘agile and flexible’ regime but risks new row with Scottish Government Britain takes a major step towards throwing off Brussels shackles on state aid today as it unveils a more flexible subsidy regime in a move…

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