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Can we mend our military?

Can we mend our military?...

Accepting credit and avoiding blame is one of this Labour government’s most abhorrent features.  There is no clearer example of this vice than the way they have treated our armed forces.  Our soldiers, sailors and airmen have been devastatingly mis-managed, alienated and emasculated.  Yet when, against the odds, our armed forces succeed and swell our nation’s chest with pride, Labour’s front bench...
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Why voting Blue has always meant going Green

Why voting Blue has always meant going Green...

There is one thing guaranteed to wind me up like an alarm clock and leave me purple with a rage that I’m far too repressed to express. This particular demon of mine is roused by comments, made by people from across the political spectrum, who consider it strange that the Conservative Party has a robust and clear environmental agenda.   Those people, both from the left and the right, that sneer and suggest that we’ve...
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Aid perpetuates poverty

Aid perpetuates poverty...

Aid is one of the truly sacred cows of our generation.  No politician, philanthropist or development agency will tell you anything other than it being a force for good and that there is an urgent need for more money to spend on it.  The standard line is that aid is good for everyone.  It is good for us in that is protects us from social and political problems spilling over from impoverished countries.  Aid also helps...
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Ideology vs delivery

Ideology vs delivery...

Much has been written recently about a need to return to ideology within the Conservative party. This talk isn’t confined to elderly backbenchers, it’s something I often hear amongst younger conservatives who pine for an ideology to love as much as their parents’ loved Thatcher’s free-market revolution.  However, I’d like to take a few lines to briefly speak out about the dangers of searching too hard for...
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The search for 3G conservatism

The search for 3G conservatism...

Do you remember the world before mobile phones?  When plans had to be stuck to, telephone numbers remembered and one prayed that the vital phone box hadn’t been vandalised.  Into that stone-aged darkness came an invention that was to change they way we all lived.  It was, of course, the first generation (1G) mobile phone.  These clunking heavyweights ran out of battery after a two minute call.  This was fortunate...
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