This is a selection of handily-supportive small-state comments. If you have any you think would fit in well then please send them to us!
Economy
Neither Governments nor politicians create wealth or growth. Only businesses and entrepreneurs can do that.
Politicians should make sure standards aren’t being diluted for customers, workers or the environment, and then set firms free to deliver them faster, cheaper or more digitally than their rivals.
Margaret Thatcher used supply-side economic reforms to transform Britain’s economy from the ‘sick man of Europe’ into an entrepreneurial dynamo. It’s time for another dose of the same medicine.
There are hundreds of possible ways to reach Net Zero by 2050. Our task is to choose the cheapest and then to get out of the way.
Economic reforms to slash red tape will make Britain more efficient, cutting the cost of living on everything from housing to energy so every household’s budget goes further.
Tax
We need simpler, lower taxes
The problem with high taxes and borrowing is that there are no reserves to fall back on when something goes wrong.
Tax cuts are like profits in a company. They are built by years of hard work and good management. They are a sign of a job well done – the result of success, not its cause.
The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money’ [Margaret Thatcher]
Life Chances, Opportunities & Levelling Up
Bigger citizens need smaller Governments.
Bigger citizens lead proudly independent lives
We must smash the glass ceilings and vested interests which stop people reaching their full potential, and equip them with the skills and attitudes to grab life chances whenever they appear.
Birth should not be destiny. Geography should not be destiny. Talent is equally distributed throughout our country, but opportunity is not.
There is such a thing as society, it’s just not the same as the state. [David Cameron]
Big Government Failure
The benefits system costs taxpayers billions and only puts sticking plasters on the symptoms of poverty and unequal life chances. We need to treat the underlying causes as well.
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies. [Groucho Marx]
If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. [Ronald Reagan]
The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics. [Thomas Sowell]
The nine most terrifying words in the English language are ‘I’m from the Government and I’m here to help’. [Ronald Reagan]
The Conservative Party
There is no battle for the soul of the Conservative Party. The Party of Disraeli, Churchill and Thatcher already has plenty of soul.
The Conservative Party’s values don’t change, but our policies do. Each generation must re-apply our values to solve the latest problems, so modern Britain always moves forwards.
Conservatives believe Britain needs strong but small Government. Strong to keep everybody safe, but small because bureaucracies and quangos get fat and make mistakes unless they’re kept in check.