‘Know thy place’ - explaining what happened on Capitol Hill | Joseph Robertson
The gathering, whether they were incited or not, had ascended to challenge (metaphorically speaking), that very cornerstone of the Capitol. They challenged not just the base level of democracy but the very top of the pyramid.
Regardless of who members of the American Republic support in their political aspirations, regardless of happenings in the subcurrent of the general population, one must remember that any challenge to the most elite level of power, whether by optical assault or by physical approach, will surely be met with the severest penalties, carried out in the broadest of daylight.
Conservatives must build an alternative to capitalism | David Sergeant
Global corporations, many of whom now rival the power of small states, use their wealth and influence to manipulate cultural direction. It is really surprising to see ‘woke’ companies push radical individualism? The more families they split into atomised consumers, the more their profits bulge. Likewise, corporate support for identity politics – designed to divide ordinary people into a multitude of exclusionary social tribes – is the perfect distraction from unjustifiable and unpopular wealth differentials.
Tackling obesity with healthy lifestyles task force | Alex Brown
The key to making Britain’s children healthier is found in encouraging a positive attitude towards exercise; and ensuring that this is integrated into the school curriculum of our young people.
In defence of the tax on tampons
What the anti-tampon tax advocates failed to realise is that the VAT was not put into place by some evil patriarchal organisation scheming to hurt women from every possible angle, it was there to help them. Indeed, proceeds from the tampon tax created a Tampon Tax Fund worth millions of pounds from which thousands of women across the country benefited, establishing an intergenerational support scheme between women of all income, race, and sexual orientation on a strictly, and intimate, feminine issue. What could be more feminist than that?
Reimagining cooperatives for post-pandemic inclusive growth | Dan Mikhaylov
Mindful of the common good, conservatives must recognise the need for inclusive post-pandemic growth. Since unemployment is as much an economic phenomenon that undermines economic growth and local development as a social malaise, capable of fuelling extremism and other malevolent behaviours stemming from disaffection with the public, ensuring that Britain’s poorer counties are not left behind by the government’s blueprint for financial rejuvenation must be a priority. Since the conservative ideology cherishes social cohesion and national unity, exacerbating the existing socioeconomic divisions in the UK is not only pernicious for the country’s territorial integrity, but also in contravention of the tenets, to which we expect the Tory government to subscribe.
Could CANZUK afford Britain cultural and economic security in times of vulnerability and multipolarity? | Laura Sánchez Pérez
CANZUK could act decisively using collective diplomatic clout spanning three continents with extensive global support, without being encumbered by the EU’s bureaucratic impotence or the corrupting effect of Chinese wolf warrior diplomacy on the UN member-states. For too long, Britons took for granted that the United States would protect the Western world order – and much more importantly – help Britain protect and advance its interests on the international stage.
Is Britain prepared for a major war? | Dominic Lawson
Pentagon researchers agree and have explicitly stated that the American-led world order is “fraying”… Being aware of the possibility of the world’s powers stumbling into war… the question needs to be asked whether we are prepared for such a conflict- and whether the government has a clear understanding of what our role would be within it.
The state of, and solutions to, Britain’s social housing crisis | Adam James Pollock
An increase in the number of council houses and other social housing is a positive thing towards which the government must aspire, it would furthermore simply not be enough to neglect quality in favour of quantity. Where we live, not just our home, but our street, our neighbourly community, affects everyone around us, having a fundamental impact on the quality of life of everyone whom it comes into first-, second-, and even beyond third-hand contact with.
The State of the Union in Wales | Sam Hall
Whatever the future of Wales holds, the fiscal might of the United Kingdom to support it must be unwavering. Separatists will say that Wales is rich enough, intelligent enough, and perfectly capable of governing its own affairs. But even with the powers it does have, under Welsh Labour, limited self-government has been a monumental car crash. Many things are possible in international politics — but that does not always mean they are a good idea. Welsh independence is one such example.