Conservatives
Total 107 Posts
Strange times
18 min read
Professor Chris Grey’s latest analysis: a big picture overview of how the Queen’s death coincides with the ever clearer failure of Brexit as a national strategy and the start of one of the most peculiar governments we have ever had.
Why Liz Truss is no Margaret Thatcher when it comes to the economy
5 min read
Liz Truss’s plan is not renationalisation in a conventional sense. It is the state being used to prop up the profits of very large companies.
Is it safe yet?
6 min read
Britain has become an insane, cruel and callous place which makes the poor pay so that the energy companies can rake in billions, a sclerotic polity which is well on the way to full-blown authoritarianism.
Notes from Normal-island
10 min read
As millions worry about keeping food on the table or keeping their homes warm, and thousands of businesses are facing collapse, people are not just mourning the Queen, they are mourning the Britain that the Conservatives have destroyed.
What Liz Truss’s government means for climate action
5 min read
Liz Truss has appointed a loyal cabinet with varied environmental credentials. While the new government represent a threat for UK action on climate change, their ability to inflict damage to climate policy will be restricted.
PM Liz Truss: A laser-like focus on delivery is needed after the chaos of the Boris Johnson years
5 min read
Liz Truss must provide a clear plan and a fresh start. The new PM needs to commit to a laser-like focus on the delivery of public services. But the shadow of her predecessor looms large.
The shortest political honeymoon in history
6 min read
With the election of Liz Truss, the right-wing British nationalist extremists of the ERG are now in charge of the UK. The Tories have completed their transformation into Ukip.