Whether or not one supports the principle, this new vehicle has the potential to backfire and must be managed with great care.
The usual justifications for state interference in the private sector don’t apply in this unusual sector.
Gove is ready to localise as much either as he wants to or as his colleagues will let him, or both. I hope it’s work in progress.
I don’t believe that a private owner would freely choose to commission from as diverse a range of independents.
The Swastika or Hammer and Sickle of this totalitarian society is a canopied penny-farthing bicycle, which we find emblazoned everywhere.
While Prime Minister, he channelled National Lottery money into sport, thereby avoiding a repetition of Britain’s humiliation at the 1996 Games.
‘Nothing unites the United Kingdom quite like this quadrennial extravaganza of sporting excellence.’
The fourth part of a series on ConHome this week about the politics of race and ethnicity in Britain today.
We need a multi-racial working-class conservatism that tackles discrimination – and prioritises removing the barriers that prevent people advancing.
The first part of a series on ConHome this week about the politics of race in Britain today.
The voice of the law abiding majority needs to be heard loud and clear in the wake of Sunday’s events: we won’t tolerate this.
We would invite Lord Herbert to meet some of the women’s groups, parents, gay and lesbian people, and sportswomen whose views differ from his.
“2-0 England is my prediction by the way”, he said in an e-mail received by ConservativeHome at 7.53am yesterday morning.
Were they using the Ollie Robinson row yesterday to test the water for a wider, deeper intervention?
A better funding balance between the Premier League and the rest would throw a lifeline to dozens of cherished local clubs.