I don’t think I will be the only person who would like to express admiration for Linda Norgrove and her parents John and Lorna. Linda Norgrove’s untimely death in Afghanistan needs no elaboration but her parents dignified response and the absence of any desire to try and blame the US forces attempting to rescue her deserves…
Housing Benefit – always a difficult area of policy – is going to cause real problems in the coalition government. Boris Johnson has now parked his tanks on the Prime Ministers lawn. So watch this stand off – it could be very interesting. http://www.channel4.com/news/boris-johnson-joins-housing-benefit-row Where house prices are high Housing Benefit has to be high…
The Boston Consulting Group has produced a fascinating report on the power of the British Internet economy which now accounts for 7.2% of GDP. Based on advertising and online sales we are second only to the US in this dynamic sector of the economy. http://www.bcg.com/expertise_impact/publications/PublicationDetails.aspx?id=tcm:12-62986 Industrial sectors measured by the BCG put real estate and business…
Today David Cameron will be phoning the French and German leaders to try and persuade them not to change existing EU treaties or make new one. The Conservatives are committed to a referendum if the EU powers are increased. The EU is still a sensitive issue for the Conservative Party and particularly delicate given the…
I sat rather despondently in for the statement on defence today. Whatever ones views about this it is not by any definition a ‘strategic’ review. It is essentially about a programme of cuts. If the government is right in their economic judgement then it could be an acceptable policy. If they are not right then…
