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Monarchists shouldn’t sweat over Prince Andrew

DAVOS, SWITZERLAND – JANUARY 22: Prince Andrew, Duke of York points his finger as he speaks to business leaders during a reception at the sideline...

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James Price

Should libertarians fear digital ID cards?

(Photo by Megan Varner/Getty Images) The government is introducing digital IDs that will enable young people to prove their age when buying a pint,...

12.12.2024 1

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Why is a Labour MP calling for a blasphemy law?

Today at Prime Minister’s Questions, the Labour MP Tariq Ali asked: ‘Will the Prime Minister commit to introducing measures to prohibit the...

27.11.2024 4

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Labour won’t fool businesses twice

CBI director-general Rain Newton Smith warned the move to hike National Insurance on employers would be “difficult” It’s becoming increasingly...

27.11.2024 20

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Even liberal Canada realises mass immigration has failed

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – NOVEMBER 18: UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (L) and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a bilateral meeting...

20.11.2024 8

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James Price

The banality of Welby

(Photo by Andrew Milligan – WPA Pool/Getty Images) Justin Welby has failed in his constitutional duty to provide moral leadership over the John...

12.11.2024 4

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Labour’s farm tax is pure class war

Socialists targeting landowners is nothing new, but don’t expect the countryside to take Labour’s punitive farm tax lying down, says James Price ...

06.11.2024 10

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Labour is failing the Lonsdale test

Joe Lonsdale (Photo by Brian Ach/Getty Images for TechCrunch) The government should be asking: If Joe Lonsdale were to launch a podcast called...

23.10.2024 10

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Will the last millionaire to leave Britain please turn out the light?

More millionaires are leaving Britain than any other country in the world, taking with them investment, jobs and insights. And our loss is the rest of...

09.10.2024 10

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James Price

Britain’s ‘Computer Says No’ attitude needs a reboot

Almost exactly 20 years ago, Britain was introduced to Carol Beer, a Little Britain character whose attitude to customer service transcended the...

01.10.2024 10

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James Price

Labour will drive away wealth creators

In the run-up to the election, a gaggle of think tanks said that the ‘books were open’ and that the scale of the fiscal challenge was available...

31.07.2024 10

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Build, Baby, Build: Heathrow needs a third runway

(Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) London’s lack of air capacity is an international embarrassment. A can-do Labour government should push...

24.07.2024 10

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How Buc-ee’s gas stations can heal America

LULING, TEXAS – JUNE 12: The Buc-ee’s convenience store is seen on June 12, 2024 in Luling, Texas. The Texas-based convenience store and gas stop,...

17.07.2024 10

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The Tories must get good at opposition – and fast

Peter Byrne/PA Wire Conservatives in opposition must provide scrutiny, support for sensible pro-growth measures and find out what they believe in,...

10.07.2024 20

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Could Reform become the party of business?

JAYWICK, ENGLAND – JUNE 4: Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage holds a milkshake as he launches his election candidacy on June 4, 2024 in Jaywick,...

26.06.2024 20

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Attacks on the Prime Minister’s patriotism have gone too far

Rishi Sunak made a mistake over D-Day but it’s the superficiality of so much modern political campaigning that’s really letting people down, says...

11.06.2024 40

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Baillie Gifford is the latest target of the ‘omnicause’

Greta Thunberg Pressuring book festivals to divest from Baillie Gifford over its tenuous links to climate change and war in the Middle East is...

05.06.2024 10

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The unspoken truth about pensions

(Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Neither party is willing to face up to the fact that when it comes to state and public sector pensions, there...

29.05.2024 10

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The Conservatives must offer something to young people

Another day, another controversial new announcement from a Conservative campaign keen to show that it has new ideas. Today, it is the so-called...

28.05.2024 30

The Spectator

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The case for the defence of barristers’ wigs

Barristers’ wigs are the latest front in the war on the eccentricity and traditions that make this country unique, says James Price “What do ties...

22.05.2024 20

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Memo to Sunak and Reeves: you can’t have security without prosperity

16.05.2024 40

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The City is a model of good local government (kind of)

The City of London has topped the pile for European financial services investment – but reform is needed, the City of London Corporation has warned....

08.05.2024 30

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What would radically cutting immigration really mean for businesses?

By mid-2035, the projections suggest there will be more deaths than births meaning the UK’s population would be declining without external...

24.04.2024 30

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We need more Kemi Badenochs

On Tuesday, parliament voted for the first time on legislation to begin the phasing out of smoking (not just cigarettes, but cigars, shisha, you name...

18.04.2024 10

The Spectator

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What would cigar-loving Churchill make of the smoking ban?

Britain once fought for democracy with a cigar in hand, now we’re taking away citizens’ freedom to smoke. It’s enough to make you want to light...

16.04.2024 20

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It’s time to fight illiberal Scottish hate crime law with a Free Speech Act

Scotland’s new anti-free speech law is a wicked product of an increasingly censored society that must be woken up, writes James Price Nearly four...

10.04.2024 40

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Lessons from Mrs T: Why we need more businesspeople in parliament

British Conservative Party politician and Leader of the Opposition Margaret Thatcher (1925 – 2013) having a cup of tea, UK, 20th January 1978.(Photo...

03.04.2024 40

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What the modellers don’t tell you about taxing private school fees

The Institute for Fiscal Studies’ claims that the policy will raise money do not take into account the unintended consequences – economic models...

20.03.2024 30

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Targeting non-doms was a cheap hit the Chancellor will regret

“I want to make a start on bringing down taxes. I’ve never said for one moment that I can bring them right down all in one go,” the Chancellor...

13.03.2024 6

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James Price

In defence of Brewdog

Brewdog, the Scotland-based brewery that has exploded into an international business in the last 15 years, is never far from the headlines. It held a...

13.01.2024 5

The Spectator

James Price

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