In a dramatic 3-point turn last night, David Cameron confirmed that the Conservative Party will set a £1000 cap on the size of party donations by individuals.   In the wake of the devastating revelations by Peter Cruddas the Conservative Party has lurched through the Kübler-Ross model in record time. Attempting to draw a circle  [ Read More ]

Michael Smith Is Scotland about to separate from the rest of the United Kingdom and become an independent nation? This is the question circulating the political and economic press in Britain at present, following a challenge from British Prime Minister David Cameron telling Scotland to either put up or shut up. But what options face  [ Read More ]

Michael Allen As I watched the New Year’s celebrations from cities around the world being broadcast on the BBC, I felt a strange sadness, sensing that 2012 would be a year of increasing isolation for Britain. During a time when the importance of ‘Britishness’ is in headlong decline, and when national interests are becoming ever  [ Read More ]

Bassem Nemeh   It is often the case when debating religion that an unbeliever is faced with the ridiculous claim that, somehow, morality lies at the heart of religion; that without religious scripture to guide us we would be on a downward spiral of decadence and debauchery. A claim that has undoubtedly been echoed by  [ Read More ]

Samuel Walker It’s a familiar story; the 99% are drowning in debt, they have no jobs, they’re on the brink of financial collapse and their only hope is to balance their books by taxing, stealing or begging the money off the banks. The 1% has listened attentively to what the 99% have to say, and  [ Read More ]

John Tyler The politicians will probably say no to the right to buy for the people in Wales. Across the boundary that was Offa’s Dyke David Cameron and Nick Clegg have revealed details on Monday of their vision to democratise housing further, Margaret Thatchers flagship programme of council house sales is to be upgraded to  [ Read More ]

People’s Pledge How long will Tory re-negotiationists now give their ‘campaign’ of wrestling back powers from Brussels before they accept that the real choice is in or out of the EU? 1 year, 10 years, 100 years? A senior British government source has told the Daily Telegraph that there will be no repatriation of powers  [ Read More ]

Tim Worstall Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, has warned Mr Cameron that unless he accepts unconditional changes to the Lisbon Treaty a split will take place, leaving Britain isolated and in a voting minority within the EU. “She explicitly told Cameron that if there was no treaty change at the level of the 27 EU  [ Read More ]