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A divided party won the local elections
Labour did well in the local elections. Being hopelessly divided on big issues did not stop its success. Its former leader remains banished. Some of the Corbynites remain on the Labour benches arguing for more Corbynite policies. The party is deeply split over the Hamas/ Israel war with some...Read More »
Most people do not believe there is a climate emergency
Most of us accept the science that says CO 2 is a greenhouse gas, and accept manmade CO 2 is an influence on the climate. Clearly, however, most people do not think there is a manmade CO 2 driven climate emergency, because if they did we would see jet travel...Read More »
My Intervention on the Urgent Question – Port Talbot Steelworks
Sir John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):
When will the Government do something about the very high energy prices in this country, which have been made high by regulations and taxes? Does my right hon. Friend not accept that any kind of steelmaking will be extremely difficult if we have uncompetitive energy,...Read More »
Too many layers of government
The more government we have the worse it is. I have more government than I want, more government than I need and more government than I can afford.
It is great news we have got rid of the needless, prying, interventionist EU government . Too many place still have three layers...Read More »
A new approach to the public sector
The low level of turnout at many of the elections and the low level of support for all the main parties with Labour topping the polls with just 35% on the national calculation displays a big gap between what the public want and will support and what the parties are...Read More »