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Author Archives: Benet Northcote
A conservative Conservative foreign policy
The crisis in Georgia should focus all our minds. It is a terrible tragedy with innocent people being killed and forced to leave their homes. Convoys of refugees in Europe are a sight that no one wants to see. We … Continue reading
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Will Tony Blair settle the Labour leadership?
In all the coverage I’ve seen about the Labour leadership this weekend (most of it highlighted on Conservative Home) one name has been conspicuously absent: Tony Blair. You remember. Nice Young Man. Used to run the country. Let me share … Continue reading
Meet Michael Minister MP
No political party, once it gets into office, will continue to be Eurosceptic: thus reads Dan Hannan’s first rule of Government. But what will that mean should the Tories win in 2010? Let’s jump forward a few years and imagine … Continue reading
Green is good
A few weeks ago an environmental sceptic told me that “green” was now a dead issue. He confidently asserted that all my “tree hugging” was now futile when people were worried about their finances and their mortgages. Yet today, we … Continue reading
Popularity vs Political Space: a trade off?
Whatever you do, don’t look at your pension statement (if you have one). Unless you are very lucky, it will make torrid reading. With the FTSE 100 down nearly 700 points in just a few months, oil prices set to … Continue reading