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How to unblock Britain’s economic arteries
Between all the usual August silly-season news stories about how the Prime Minister makes tea (milk first, apparently) or his go-to Greggs pie (it’s the sausage, bean and cheese melt, since you asked) was something altogether more serious: where the…
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Strong walls, but a weaker State – smaller government is where the UK should head
This article by Ffinian Elliott first appeared in Conservative Home When one visits Washington D.C., the buildings that symbolise the kind of democracy fitting of a modern republic have a common theme. Their buildings are much like castles, fortified to…
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As National Debt tops £3trillion, it’s time for Burnham to be honest about Britain’s finances
The problem for bright-eyed and bushy-tailed new prime ministers who take over part-way through a Parliament is they start with a king-sized chip on their shoulders. They walk through Downing Street’s door knowing they aren’t the one who won the…
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Why has ‘less Westminster’ become ‘more politicians’?
It’s great the new Government is trying to breath fresh life into devolving power from Westminster, but their new ‘Rewiring The State’ proposal doubles down on some big mistakes in Blair’s last attempt: 1, It adds more expensive extra layers…
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What CapX is reading this summer
It’s been a wild summer already. What better way to see out the season than with a good book? We asked CapX’s editors and contributors what they’re packing for the holidays. Robert Colvile, CapX Editor-in-Chief Andy Burnham’s choice of Chancellor…
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A Matter Of Life & Death
Almost lost between this week’s national mourning (in England anyway) over the World Cup, and the endless Westminster fantasy-football speculation about who’s going to be in or out of Andy Burnham’s first cabinet, was an oh-so-British announcement about Dartmoor ponies.…
