Learning from the Truss disaster
Truss has shown the world how not to do policy. And that remains her only political achievement. [...]
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Liz Truss’ failed bid to become a 21st-Century Margaret Thatcher
In trying to become a 21st-century Margaret Thatcher, Truss has introduced Thatcherite policies in reverse. She may have sealed the fate of her premiership before it has even begun. [...]
Queen Elizabeth II (1926 – 2022)
As we are saddened by Elizabeth’s passing, she leaves us many models: a model of duty, of service, of promises kept, of integrity, of unity. [...]
Lightweight Cameron the wrong role model for NZ’s National party
If New Zealand’s opposition politicians want to prepare themselves for the brutal and thankless tasks that lie ahead, David Cameron’s memoirs won’t help. In fact, they will lead them astray. [...]
The Tory Party is over – now for the hangover
Whoever follows Boris Johnson as Conservative leader will have a big task of rebuilding the party and then – if voters allow – the country. [...]
Intentionally blank
The world needs more courage to draw a blank. Intentionally. [...]
Boris Johnson flies close to the sun as Icarus in Downing Street
Johnson was respected, even loved, for being Boris, the clown-like persona he had created. But that ‘Boris’ character had little in common with the real Johnson. [...]
A torpedo to European security
For Europe, AUKUS feels like the security outcome of a bull’s run through a China shop. Only China will be happy about the weakening of Europe – and Europe’s new divisions – that AUKUS has created. [...]
A question of war and peace
What happens over the coming weeks and months will determine our political and economic fate for decades to come. Governments can follow Attlee or Erhard. The hopeful victory against coronavirus will be a Pyrrhic one if we allow it to destroy our liberal, free-trading economic order. [...]
Brexit without the drama
The real work of sorting out Britain’s trade relations with the EU and the world has only just started. [...]