Politics
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When Margaret Thatcher listened to John Stott
All Souls Orchestra and Choir under Noël Tredinnick arranged a series of Christian concerts, ‘Prom Praise’, first at the Barbican and later at the Royal Albert Hall. More than once, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher came to these with a...
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What Disraeli said in his novel Sybil about ‘one nation’
"Well, society may be in its infancy," said Egremont slightly smiling; "but, say what you like, our Queen reigns over the greatest nation that ever existed." "Which nation?" asked the younger stranger, "for she reigns over two." The stranger paused; Egremont...
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The nonsense Ed Miliband and the left tell us
Ed Miliband and his friends on the political left constantly tell us that the UKeconomy is not growing quickly, owing to the cuts. The truth is that public spending is up in real terms according to the Government’s own...
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David Cameron’s favourite Bible verses
The Prime Minister, David Cameron, has written his chosen two verses from the book of Philippians for The People’s Bible project. The Prime Minster chose his verses from Philippians 4: 8-9 ‘Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest,...
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6 things the leaders of the single currency should apologise for
The single currency is now doing visible damage, not just to some Euro area countries, but also to the wider global economy. The leaders of the single currency should say sorry for: 1 setting up a single currency long before they had brought their...
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What does it mean to be on the right politically?
As UK Tory MP John Redwood points out today, the liberal media tends to call anyone “right” as a term of abuse for people they disagree with. The “right” within the Conservative party is a term used to describe a...
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Why taxation hinders the growth of capital and reduces consumption
In Chapter 8 of his book On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation (1817) p. 152 David Ricardo reflected on the impact of taxation and concluded: There are no taxes which have not a tendency...
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UK Government Website uses WordPress
As someone who worked for the UK Government for 14 years, I was interested to read that on Friday 30th September the UK Government Digital Engagement Team launched the website for the UK Civil Service. This site is the primary...
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Why great men (or women) are almost always bad men (or women)
Lord Acton (1834-1902) was one of the great historians of the Victorian period and one of the greatest classical liberal historians of all time. His theme was “the history of liberty”. He wrote to Bishop Creighton in a series of...
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Memories of a visit to the House of Terror, Budapest
Friday 7 October 2011 Perhaps the most vivid and moving memory of our visit to Budapest last week was that to the House of Terror just down the road from our hotel in Andrassy Street. It contains exhibits related to...
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