John Redwood’s Diary

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My Interview with Times Radio

Please find below the link to my interview with Times Radio

My interview begins at 25:52

Ayesha Hazarika with Times Radio Drive | Times Radio | The Times and The Sunday Times

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All Souls lecture slides

John Redwood’s Lecture, All Souls College, Oxford
‘The great western inflation should lead to changes at the Central Banks’
26 May 2023
11:00 – 12:30
All Soul College, Old Library, Oxford

Inflation, Consumer Price Index 2020-2023
The inflation rates demonstrate that whilst all countries faced dearer energy from the war in...Read More »


Why aren’t more MPs worried about UK reliance on imports and lack of capacity?

The UK imports too much of our food, our energy, our industrial goods. So many of the policies urged by the opposition parties and adopted by the government entail higher taxation and stricter regulations at home, losing us jobs, factories and capacity.

The UK imposes the higher carbon taxes of the...Read More »


The by elections

The frustration of some Conservative MPs  with current policy and management of the party led to three of them resigning with immediate effect, a most unusual development. MPs usually accept they have made a commitment to their electors to serve for a Parliament.

Some will dismiss these actions as arising from...Read More »


Atlantic Charter and Atlantic Agreement

In 1941 Churchill and Roosevelt met on a U.S. warship to draw up the Atlantic Charter. It was before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour and slanted heavily in favour of the USA reflecting the weak position of a near isolated UK fighting the Germans. It contained some important binding...Read More »


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