Before the United Kingdom instituted its lockdown, it was intent on following the Swedish model of “mitigation” i.e. trusting people to do the right thing to avert the spread of the virus, rather than instituting draconian lockdowns. The British’s government’s reasoning at the time was based on an understanding that …
Read More »Time to cease fiddling
We were promised that there would be an economic crisis if we voted to leave the EU. For three years our politicians argued with the EU and among themselves about little else. We were promised that leaving with “no deal” would cause economic chaos. Now we have a real crisis …
Read More »Companies continue to invest in the United Kingdom as Brexit approaches
Since the European Union Referendum in 2016, stories about companies fleeing the UK and abandoning their UK manufacturing operations have been commonplace in the media. These events are often reported in isolation, and stories about companies moving to the UK, setting up new operations or expanding existing ones have not …
Read More »Celebrating Britain’s Jobs Boom
Statistics can often come across as dull, but when it comes to discussing the British job market in recent years, it is unavoidable not to use them. 3.8 million jobs created since 2010. Unemployment fallen from 8% to 4% (lowest since 1975). A record 32.5 million people in work. 750,000 …
Read More »There are 4 possible outcomes from this Brexit chaos
The Brexit crisis hardly needs an introduction, and the past few days have demonstrated the utter nightmare that we are in. Theresa May published her draft Brexit agreement and it was immediately criticised from nearly all politicians and senior figures. The draft agreement does not fulfill the wishes of Brexiteers …
Read More »The Conservative Party is a true Champion of the Sustainable Development Goals
The Conservative Party has achieved many goals and aims in the past 8 years of its governance geared towards creating a better society and improved standard of living for the people of the United Kingdom. Among those major accomplishments has been economic stability as well as increased human development for …
Read More »For the Country and the Economy Vote Conservative. But whatever you do- Don’t Vote Labour
Politicians frequently say their General Election is the most important of their lifetime. Most of the time, they are lying or exaggerating. The General Election of 2001 was, for instance, not a particularly important election. This time however, is likely the most important General Election in a generation, if not …
Read More »Why I’m Voting Conservative
As a young person whose political allegiances lie with the Conservatives I have received a lot of abuse. The most common accusations and comments I’ve received are usually along the lines of calling me rich and selfish. Personal insults have also been thrown, however, in my eyes these do not …
Read More »We are not the sick man of Europe anymore. We are still a country to be reckoned with. Vote for independence.
Britain is no longer the sick man of Europe. You could be forgiven for thinking otherwise given the miserable, defeatist Remain rhetoric. It is the Eurozone that is sick. Sacrificed for the dream of a single European polity. France has erupted into riots and social upheaval over some very modest …
Read More »George Osborne has disgraced his office and is no longer fit for the job
The stock market likes continuity and clear projections and in the aftermath of a Leave vote there will be a period of unavoidable uncertainty. This is why business come out for remain; they don’t like change that is beyond their control and they don’t want any kind of uncertainty no …
Read More »The transfer of power and wealth from London to Brussels must stop
We at the Leave Alliance don’t like to spend too much time focusing on number crunching when it comes to building a case for leaving the EU. All of this pointless hot air about how each British family can “save £933” isn’t going to get us anywhere. The figures are …
Read More »It’s time for us to hand the EU its redundancy notice
The idea behind a unified Europe under one government was first floated during World War One and it grew from there into a vision and an ideology. After several aborted attempts, the ideology finally began to be implemented in the 1950’s when it was firmly believed that the nation state …
Read More »Europhile Myths Debunked
There are a number of central claims to the Remain campaign. They are easily dismantled with the right analysis and the proper arguments. “3.5 million British jobs are directly linked to British membership of the European Union– 1 in 10 British jobs.” It is dishonest to say jobs depend on …
Read More »BREXIT: Report suggests UK economy has lost out on trillions by being EU member
Tonight RT News UK covered a recently published report, by UK think tank Civitas, which exposes the myth that the UK benefits trade-wise by being a member of the EU, handing a serious boost to the #Brexit campaign. In fact, the report goes on to suggest that the UK economy …
Read More »Strong Nation Conservatism, Weak Nation Labour
Today, my case for why Labour makes the UK weaker was published in Conservative Home. You can read it by clicking on the previous hyperlink. However, I’d also like to remind people that while why side is truly awful, the other is doing a fantastic job. Here is a list …
Read More »EU Proves once again it is the quintessential socialist organisation. Time to let them pay their own bills.
Recently, left wing leaders from Hollande in France, to Miliband in the UK, to Obama in the US have fancied the phrase “fair share”. “The rich must pay their fair share!” So we are told., over and over again…. Well recently the UK has become the “rich man” in the …
Read More »The Good Professor Brings in Some Solid Truth
Explain to me where he is wrong please. He lists many points, I want to know where y’all think he mistaken specifically, not generally. By the way, he is a historian of the Conservative Party. Also, American economy in five years of left wing leadership is still in an economic …
Read More »Optimism for my disheartened friends.
Worth reading Benedict Brogan’s article I mark under “Link”. I see so much cynicism, and much of it is justified. But Cameron is a man with a plan and hopefully his message of hope and optimism, combined with his actions on the economy, Europe and elsewhere can convince the UK …
Read More »The Beeb Recognizing Texas!? What do y’all think?
While scrolling through the left wing “Politics UK” page on facebook I was very surprised that the usually conservative bashing BBC wrote an article talking about the top 10 reasons people are moving to Texas. & Surprisingly it was very accurate for the most part. The only obviously wrong part …
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