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An economic background to the Leadership election
- Controlling inflation
We have a fast inflation now thanks to a reckless monetary policy 2020-21. The Chancellor was wrong to authorise the last £150bn of money printing in 2021 on top of the £300 bn he had authorised during the covid lockdowns. The Bank used this extra money to keep interest...Read More »
The going of Prime Ministers
Most Prime Ministers are removed directly or indirectly by General elections and referendums. In the post war Conservative party only two Prime Ministers have been removed by the party despite being big election winners, Margaret Thatcher and Boris Johnson
Edward Heath was a one term PM. He used a lot of...Read More »
Visit to Biointeractions in Shinfield
I visited Biointeractions at their request. It is a successful company making products to control infection for surgical implants and in other medical uses. The showed me their laboratories, with research, production of their coatings and testing all in the same building at Collegiate Square.
They have grown the business over...Read More »
My intervention in the Prime Minister’s Statement on CHOGM, G7 and NATO summits
Rt Hon Sir John Redwood MP (Wokingham) (Con): Western purchases of Russian energy are paying for Putin’s war. Will my right hon. Friend redouble his efforts to ensure that we invest in more production and output of oil, gas and electricity here, to make our contribution to reducing western dependence?
Boris...Read More »
What should the government do now?
It is difficult to know if the interim government will feel it can do things. Constitutionally of course it can, as it is still formed form the same Conservative majority from the General election of 2019. It still has the same Prime Minister who won that election. Yet some around...Read More »