Tag Archives: Leadership

What does leadership mean?

While this isn’t actually a post about it, I think equal marriage is a question of civic equality and I don’t think that there should be any specific religious exclusions; I think religious institutions should be allowed to make up … Continue reading

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How should the Conservatives use David Cameron?

James Forsyth’s column in this week’s Spectator is annoyingly rather similar to something I have been pondering for a while. He argues that all the indications are that the Conservatives will be using David Cameron as the figurehead for the … Continue reading

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Three important reasons the government shouldn’t impose a cap on payday loans

In (another) abrupt u-turn, it now seems likely that the government will accept the substance of the Labour peer Lord Mitchell’s amendment to the Financial Services Bill, which calls for a cap on the interest rates charged by payday loan … Continue reading

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Successful change needs radical leadership which isn’t afraid to make mistakes

As Tim Harford and others observe, ultimate success in public policy often starts with a failure. And yet as Fraser Nelson observed in the Telegraph on Friday, Britain’s political culture obstructs and obscures successful experiments. The conservative institutions that orchestrate our public services … Continue reading

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David Cameron’s make or break moment

The photos of David Cameron in Libya last week are pure political gold dust. They are the images politicians dream of. The shots of Cameron being cheered and applauded were not just shown in the UK but broadcast around the … Continue reading

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