Given the fundamental problems highlighted, Gerard Lyons thinks a major overhaul of the Bank of England may be necessary

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Giving a bad guy a sympathetic backstory doesn't erase the wrongs of the past

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Some of the recommendations are so basic, you wonder what Bank of England staff have been doing with their time.

✍️ Gerard Lyons verdict on Ben Bernanke's withering review into Bank of England forecasting

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Councils claim to be constrained by their budgets, but recent data from TaxPayers' Alliance suggests otherwise

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'Property is linked with responsibility and responsibility must be the keynote of our protection of the environment. The more we are property-owners, the more direct our responsibility - and the better such protection.'

Andrew Sullivan's 'Greening the Tories'
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🗄️ From the Archive: Greening the Tories 🌳

Writing in 1985, Andrew Sullivan noted that, 'It is either a failure of nerve or of imagination or probably both that has led us to be so curiously acquiescent in the spread of ugliness and cheapness'

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It’s unsurprising that the unions, and their Labour Party allies, would like to see a return to national bargaining, says IEA's Professor Len Shackleton

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🌳 This week's 'From The Archives' piece, republishing key works from the Centre for Policy Studies' fifty-year history, is Andrew Sullivan's 'Greening the Tories'
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The politics of envy and resentment will make the country poorer. capx.co/punishing-non-…

If the Conservatives compete with Labour in the politics of envy, it will never end well

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Grand plans to replace our Victorian dungeons with purpose built modern units were delayed then dropped as it became clear that we could not build ourselves out of a crisis in our prisons

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Varadkar was withering about Sinn Fein during his time in office

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'Harris's government has an opportunity to take a less confrontational approach to Britain and repair damaged relationships with Northern Irish unionists, who believe that Varadkar was particularly insensitive to their interests.' capx.co/?p=225275 via CapX

The last thing Northern Ireland needs is more interference from Dublin. Simon Harris mustn't match his predecessor's insensitivity towards the Union, writes Owen Polley

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Non-doms must be welcome in an open, outward looking economy, says Harry Phibbs

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Labour's plan for the sector has its roots in the 'New Liberalism' of the early C20th

✍️Len Shackleton

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God, anyone would think I've a book coming out. Sorry to bang on. Not sorry.

Honour-based violence is soaring in Britain as a result of a failure in social cohesion. Political leaders must stop appeasing those who prioritise toxic cultural norms and medieval notions of honour over female autonomy. My article for CapX👇