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There is nothing wrong with private capital financing infrastructure. In the UK it has worked very well for broadband cables. The Thames tideway tunnel to give London more dirty water handling capacity has been a model project financed by the private sector.

There is much wrong with bogus private finance schemes of the kind Labour  went in for when it was last in ...


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The last Labour government nationalised Network Rail, putting the state in charge of tracks, signals and stations. Well over half the cancellations and delays experienced by passengers in recent years have come from problems at Network Rail. Damaged track, track repairs, signal failures, prolonged maintenance have all hit service reliability and punctuality.

We also ha...


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It is unusual for a governing party under 2 years into government to undertake a public debate about what it believes and what it should be doing.  This is what Tony Blair has asked them to do , writing a powerful and interesting essay with some wise words in  it. He is right that so far they have drifted leftwards from the stance adopted to win the election, and ha...


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“Who’s right.” Available on Amazon. A study of conservative movements and conservative ideas in an age of populism. £9.95. Bite -sized books, London 2026

The great centre right parties on the European continent that alternated with the socialists in government 1945-2000 have largely been marginalised, replaced by populist parties. The US Republican party has been taken over...


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Labour wrongly say they had the worst inheritance economically of any government since 1979 as they tell us this week how bad young person unemployment is. They forget they inherited in June 2024 inflation on target at 2% and growth for the first half of 2024 as the fastest in the G7.

Their beloved OBR set out forecasts in 2024 for 2026 on the basis of continuing with ...


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