What can a plastic Christmas tree tell us about politics? Adam Hawksbee A disappointing Christmas display led to the downfall of Boston’s Conservative council. It’s just one example of how independent candidates across the country are giving the big parties a run for their money by keeping their campaigns local, writes Adam Hawksbee Boston is best known as the Brexit capital of Britain. This corner of Lincolnshire [...]
If our politicians can’t fix Hammersmith Bridge how will they ever fix the country? Adam Hawksbee Hammersmith Bridge has been closed for five years as politicians have repeatedly passed the buck. It’s just one example of how the British state repeatedly fails to take big decisions and see them through, says Adam Hawksbee How many politicians does it take to rebuild a bridge? In Pennsylvania, the answer is one. Last summer [...]
The worrying rise of the Starbucks drive-thru Adam Hawksbee Car-based consumers are hollowing out our high streets and straining our social fabric, says Adam Hawksbee Starbucks opened the UK’s first drive-thru coffee shop in Cardiff in 2008. Today, there are over 800 in towns and cities across the country – almost one in ten premises operated by a major coffee chain. Even the upmarket [...]
If you think crime is bad in London, visit a deprived small town March 12, 2024 While focus is rightly on Sadiq Khan’s appalling crime record in the capital, what is too often missed is why the public feel unsafe outside Britain’s big cities, says Adam Hawksbee The police station in Eston, a small town near Middlesbrough, is closed to the public. But there are still a few posters on the [...]
Without reform, the UK will sleepwalk into another cost of living crisis February 27, 2024 Decades of complacency got us into the cost of living crisis, and we'll face another one if we don't change our ways, writes Adam Hawksbee.
Free school meals for all sounds great, but eroding parental responsibility will come back to bite February 13, 2024 Free school meals and supervised tooth brushing sound appealing but Britain will come to regret eroding the norm of parental responsibility, writes Adam Hawksbee
Britain has little money left – and it needs politicians who are honest about that January 16, 2024 It may not be an easy vote winner, but Britain needs politicians who are honest about our fiscal reality, writes Adam Hawksbee.
