
Conservative philosophy, then and now
The Xmas and New Year break is a good time to catch up on background reading that has sat around on a ‘to do’ list

The Xmas and New Year break is a good time to catch up on background reading that has sat around on a ‘to do’ list

This note focuses on a narrow front in the Brexit wars, the Attorney General’s (AG’s) advice on the Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol to the Withdrawal Agreement

The Prime Minister’s letter to the nation of 24/11/18 reveals again the over-riding priority she attaches to reducing immigration, which might reasonably be described as

When first posted this blog referred to Article 124(1) of the draft Withdrawal Agreement of March 2018. It has been adjusted to reflect the Article

Withdrawal from the EU (Brexit) will occur at an instant on 29 March 2019 and that moment divides the policy questions and processes entailed by

This is an extract from a submission to the Scottish Parliament made on 15 August 2016. One argument in circulation at the moment is that

This is another golden oldie, from the beginning of 2017, before Article 50 notification. It recommended a three-track approach to the Brexit process (a) not

This is an old piece from October 2016, posted on the second anniversary of the Brexit referendum. It stills seems relevant. The UK will formally

Markets have the following characteristics or elements: A. Like all social institutions they are shared sets of rules governing or guiding aspects of human conduct.

It has been repeatedly asserted in Brexit discourse that, if it remained a member of the European Economic Area, the UK would be a ‘rule-taker’,

Regulatory innovation tends to start with a new way of looking at a problem. In that spirit what follows is a bare-bones heuristic, not a

The governance system of the UK has suffered Brexit paralysis for 30 months in the face of a parent-to-child question “What do you want?” It

In the Sunday Times today, in the form of a letter to Parliamentarians, David Owen summarises a suggestion that we have both advocated since 2016.