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CAPX: A national balance sheet can keep politicians honest
Rachel Reeves is in a bind. Not just because of ‘did they or didn’t they’ arguments about whether Labour fibbed about long-planned tax rises during the election, or because all those bushy-tailed new Labour MPs and battle-scarred union bosses want…
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John & a former Labour advisor agree how the PM is getting it wrong on ‘freebie’ gifts
John Penrose and former Labour adviser John McTernan discuss the news that the PM will pay back some of his gifts.
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Why repaying a few freebies won’t solve the PM’s integrity problem
In response to Beth Rigby’s tweet above, John said: This won’t solve the Government’s integrity problems I’m afraid, for several reasons: 1. It isn’t leadership. Starmer isn’t requiring other Ministers to follow his example or change what they’re doing. 2.…
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CAPX: Twenty ways Ed Miliband can decarbonise on the cheap
We may have a new Government, but the big questions around Net Zero are still with us. Families and businesses are facing enormous energy bills that are much higher than they should be and, while the recent fuss about cuts…
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Proposed reforms could stop net zero costing ‘billions of pounds more than it needs to’, says John
According to a new report, despite international gas prices coming back down in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, British households are still struggling with high energy bills because of outdated regulations pushing up costs. ‘A Cheaper Route to Net…
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John challenges Weston’s new Labour MP over Winter Fuel payments
Weston-super-Mare’s former MP John Penrose took to Twitter ahead of the Government’s vote on whether to scrap Winter Fuel Allowance for pensioners to express his concern over the impact such a decision would have on the local elderly population. He…
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We need Labour out of office as soon as possible, and Cleverly is the man to do it
This article was originally written for Conservative Home and published on 10/09/2024. Just over two months ago, we handed Labour the supermajority we worried about. We lost votes to Labour, the Liberal Democrats, and Reform, as well as to apathy…
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Tackling mis/disinformation used to fan hate & radicalise
The Telegraph was recently forced to issue the following statement: The Telegraph is aware of an image circulating on X which purports to be a Telegraph article about ’emergency detainment camps’. No such article has ever been published by the…
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John Wants Conservative Leadership Contests To Be More “Transparent” To Stop “Fibbing And Skulduggery”
The Following article was written by Zoe Crowther and published on Politics Home. Former Conservative MP John Penrose has called for MP voting rounds in Tory leadership contests to be made public to help the party stop choosing “problematic leaders”. This, he said, would make the…
