Conservative proposals to slash UK income taxes represent a welcome vote in favor of investment and job growth, but some of the schemes from leading Tories – read, Boris Johnson – are too top-heavy, doling out relief to high earners while offering the struggling middle class scraps. That’s according to Katie Andrews of the Institute […]
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UK needs to be cool on drugs (let the Church lead the way)
The British political scene got a little uptight over drugs this week, with reports that top Tory leadership contender and environment secretary Michael Gove used cocaine on a handful of occasions while working as a journalist in the 1990s. The not terribly surprising story first surfaced in Michael Gove: A Man in a […]
Current UK prudential regulation “bound to fail”
Tired of talking about Brexit? Don’t worry, we can talk about the “rot at the heart of the banking system” instead! The Adam Smith Institute has a new white paper outlining the continuing vulnerabilities of the British financial system, which are due in large part to misguided and counterproductive financial regulations, and suggesting […]
Elections Confirm UK Polarization
The European parliamentary elections, which took place under the pall of continuing confusion and uncertainty surrounding the UK’s Brexit and attracted 37% turnout, reveal a polarized country in the midst of a wrenching political realignment. The big questions are what the new political equilibrium will look like, and how long it will take […]
It Was Always Going To End In Tears (P.S. It Will Never End)
By Erik Sass, TES Editor-in-Chief In so many ways, Theresa May’s tearful final departure as UK prime minister is classic Brexit: long expected but long delayed, it is a dramatic event that changes nothing, an emotional milestone marking progress to nowhere, a final statement that only serves to raise more […]
Brexit: More Kafka or Monty Python?
By Vanora Bennett, TES Europe Editor Like a bad dream or late era Monty Python sketch, the slow-motion insanity that is Brexit continues with no end in sight. No option appears to command sufficient support in Parliament, reflecting the irreconcilable demands of multiple opposing factions […]
GAME OF UNKNOWNS: The Future of Brexit
By CTMN TES Contributor @torqueative In mere weeks, we will begin to get a sense of how a great political drama, that has captivated Britain and much of the world for so long with its shocks, twists and double-crosses, finally comes to an end. An embattled woman holed up in the Capital, […]
The South China Sea, a UK interest?
The Henry Jackson Society explains why the South China Sea, where the Royal Navy has recently conducted freedom of navigation operations, remains a vital British interest.