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The race for Tory leader is on
The Institute for Government argues that there is no decisive route to blocking No Deal and they won’t be able to use the same tactics as the last time to stop No Deal.…
The past remains our most rigorous source of knowledge
Anniversaries of major events live the 75th anniversary of D-Day enable us to draw important lessons. Moreover, learning from the past can assist us in our understanding of…
Cardinal Virtues: Justice
Traditional conservatives are sceptical of the State and believe in strong defences of liberty such as trial by jury, habeas corpus, Magna Carta and Common Law. Britain’s…
Do the Tories have a future without Boris at the helm?
We need someone to challenge the status quo, someone with conviction and gusto, someone with faults and an all-too authentic human side. We need someone who has the capacity…
Cardinal Virtues: Courage
In the case of Sir Roger Scruton and his framed interview, which led to his dismissal, the politicians and journalists should have to pay a price for their cowardice and their…
The absolute failure of Theresa May
The only single saving grace from the failed politicians handbook that has been Theresa’s entire term is that now, with her resignation imminent and a Tory leadership contest…
The 2019 European Elections Part 3: Elsewhere in Europe
Macron’s popularity rating is at record lows with polls put it at around 26%, on par with Hollande. Paris is burning and the populists he defeated during his stunning…
The 2019 European Elections: Part 2
Party loyalties are collapsing. In the 2017 general election the Conservative and Labour vote combined was 83%. As of the 8th April 2019, opinion polls for the two parties was…
The 2019 European Elections: Part 1
It was Theresa May’s failure to deliver Brexit, which has resulted in the Brexit Party receiving huge momentum. The European Elections will give voters a chance to cast their…
Cardinal Virtues: Prudence
Virtues are, by their nature, anti-ideological; the underlying foundations of virtue ethics is the concept of the ‘Golden Mean’, which has deep roots in Judaic and Greek…
Easier exams will only worsen our poor record on foreign languages
As it is, accompanying a UK visitor to any university or other organisation on the Continent is a shaming experience. Most organisations there take it for granted that a…
Cardinal Virtues: Temperance
Human nature has not fundamentally changed in the past two millennia, we are still prone to the same weaknesses as our forebears. Temperance has been selected out of all the…
