The UK must reduce its dependence on gas by promoting nuclear energy and renewables, Tory leadership candidate says.
However unsavoury, we must prepare contingency plans for tactical nuclear warheads deployment. Signalling that we will go hard, early is a must and is being resisted by our elite who still drink the Fukuyaman Kool-Aid.
Voters will simply not accept that the Conservative Party is starting from scratch yet again, with a programme for which it has no mandate.
Ministers need to start making up for lost time and launch a high-profile public campaign alongside the energy companies.
For the One Nation wing of the party, he was the least worst option. Here are five reasons why Truss’s likely victory should not be too dispiriting.
The first of a series of five articles on ConservativeHome this week about the main challenges that await the new Prime Minister.
The risk is that the Truss approach to business taxes will be that it is seen as being so out of touch with the public mood that she will provide a vulnerable target for the Government’s opponents.
Our politicians are looking for the wrong kind of answer. The answer wanted is, at best, a popular soundbite that elicits a quick sugar-fix. At worst the policy preferred is the one of least resistance – no matter its efficacy.
The Foreign Secretary will have to spend more to help with energy bills and finance tax cuts. As borrowing becomes more expensive, this will require either spending cuts, tax rises, or both.
The purchase of a new fleet will pave the way for providing an efficient, reliable, and environmentally sustainable transport solution for the collection of refuse.
Years of government intervention have shifted public expectations in a dangerous direction for any centre-right programme.
Voters’ assessments of their ability to pay their bills make grim reading. Ministers will need to tread very carefully in the months ahead.
It took a long time for voters to grasp the need for Britain to live within its means during the 1960s and 1970s. It may do so again.
We shouldn’t assume that Tory common sense protects British conservatism. The fact is that rightwing PC — though in a different form to the US version — is making in-roads in this country too.
The problem facing Britain is not that prices are too high, but that the safety net – which Tories have always supported – is too low.