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Coalitions 27 Aug 2013 | 10:03 am
I do not like coalitions. I campaigned for a Conservative majority government in 2010, and will do so again in 2015. I have heard most of Mr Cameron’s speeches to Conservative MPs. I can assure yo...
Syria 26 Aug 2013 | 02:30 pm
Those who think the UK arming the rebels is a good idea need to persuade a reluctant country. It seems the government is no longer testing out this idea so strongly. Those who think mi...
Stamp duty – make it a progressive tax 26 Aug 2013 | 10:04 am
I do not like Stamp Duty. Houses are dear enough, without imposing an extra tax on people trying to buy a home. I am also a realist. This Coalition government, and any likely s...
Would Labour be believed if they offered a referendum on the EU? 25 Aug 2013 | 10:09 am
Labour have been deeply divided over the EU for many years. In Labour older MPs and more socialist ones are anti the EU. The younger ones tend to be more Euro friendly. It is the opposite of the C...
HS2 – Labour’s flexible friend? 24 Aug 2013 | 10:02 am
In the run up to the Labour conference I want to look at a few ideas that might be “game changers” for them. Today let us consider what might happen if they opposed HS2. At first ...
Is investment in housing a bad thing? 23 Aug 2013 | 10:53 am
It is fashionable now for people with money to spend to pull down their homes and build new larger ones on the same plots. That counts as investment in the national accounts. Good luck to most of...
The investment paradox 22 Aug 2013 | 10:04 am
Most politicians think investment is a good thing. Indeed, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown thought it was such a good thing the redefined a large amount of current public spending as investment to just...
Carry on spending 21 Aug 2013 | 03:10 pm
The July figures show government current spending up by 3.7% and net investment up by 49%. Borrowing, at £500m, compares to a repayment of £800m in July 2012. For the four months April-July total ...
Regional differences 21 Aug 2013 | 10:02 am
Labour likes to think of itself as the party of equality of outcomes, just as Conservatives like to think of themselves as the party of equality of opportunity. Yet over the 13 years of recent Lab...
In a democracy you spend a lot of time representing and helping the opposition 20 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
Much of my work as a government Minister was spent dealing with the issues arising in areas of the country dominated by Labour MPs and Councils. These areas attracted the largest sums o...
