Politicians: What to say?
There is always a danger when senior politicians discuss publicly where they think their party is going wrong. “It is imperative that we focus on…,” they will say. “We must never forget that our...
View ArticleWill Big Data decide who wins the White House?
Tonight this year’s White House hopefuls meet in Denver, Colorado for the much-anticipated first Presidential TV debate, hoping their performances will be decisive: Romney needs a “game changer” to get...
View ArticleThe ‘strivers and shirkers’ distinction is counterproductive
Both David Cameron and George Osborne used language of strivers and shirkers in their conference speeches. It’s been nagging me ever since – as I think it might end up being counterproductive. The...
View ArticleThe Danish fat tax, and lessons for politicians
[blackbirdpie url="https://twitter.com/R_Thaler/status/268015139213692928"] I recently saw a film called Argo – which I highly recommend – in which the main character says at one point, If you want to...
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Conservatives = broccoli, Labour = pie
Lord Ashcroft’s polling suggests that the next election will depend on how many voters choose “nice”, and how many prioritise “necessary”. An unshifting majority believe the Tories only care about the...
View ArticleWhy trusting people means more than just a referendum
Over the weekend, I kept hearing Conservatives saying, Labour will do anything for the working class except trust them in a referendum (or similar), I suspect largely based on Fraser Nelson’s very good...
View ArticleSaying what you mean, meaning what you say
One of the things I always liked about David Cameron from the word go was that he said what he meant, and meant what he said (I think he even said that in a press conference reply to… Martha Kearney, I...
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Searching for common Conservatives
Many Conservatives can’t understand why Conservatism doesn’t have a wider appeal. At the first meeting of the Blue Collar Conservative group Esther McVey MP explained that the working class code was...
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