Should the government unilaterally guarantee the rights of EU nationals in Britain? Jon McLeod, chairman of UK corporate, financial and public affairs at Weber Shandwick, says Yes. We have already heard the moral case for guaranteeing the rights of EU citizens in the UK. While it is important, the main reason to take the step endorsed by the House of Lords is naked self-interest. For a start, [...]
As Theresa May prepares to unveil her industrial strategy, is it doomed to fail? Len Shackleton, professor of economics at the University of Buckingham, says Yes. Following Mrs May’s flying visit to tell Davos businesspeople what she thinks other people think of them, she now returns to the theme of industrial strategy. Like many before her, today’s Prime Minister thinks government can shift the market in more “balanced” directions. [...]
As he rows back on free movement and flirts with wage cap proposals, will Jeremy Corbyn last the year? Rupert Myers, barrister and writer, says Yes. Within the Westminster bubble, the Jeremy Corbyn relaunch went about as well as the tragic lift off of the space shuttle Challenger. Corbyn’s muddle on free movement and the Single Market is likely to have infuriated even his die-hard fans. Is he for free movement? Is he for [...]
Is Ukip dead? October 18, 2016 Harriet Maltby, head of policy research, Prosperity Index at the Legatum Institute, writing in a personal capacity, says Yes. Ukip has long been a confused combination of Nigel Farage with his middle-class Eurosceptic Tories and disgruntled working-class Labour voters. It was Nigel, and the personality cult that followed him, that held the party together. Now he has [...]
As the Tory Party conference kicks off, should Theresa May use the opportunity to call an early general election? October 3, 2016 John Lehal, managing director at Insight Consulting Group, says Yes. The case for an early election is overwhelming. Like Cameron, Major and Callaghan before her, Theresa May is finding out just how difficult governing with a small majority can be. The government is divided on what Brexit should look like, while her domestic agenda, including the [...]
With Corbyn expected to be unveiled as victor tomorrow, is this just the beginning of the Labour civil war? September 23, 2016 Jon McLeod, chairman of UK corporate, financial and public affairs at Weber Shandwick, says Yes. In the words of the Carpenters, “we’ve only just begun”. This isn’t the end of Labour’s civil war. It isn’t the beginning of the end. And it’s not even the end of the beginning. Corbyn’s pledge to “wipe the slate” with [...]
