The battle of Waterloo was ‘won on the playing fields of Eton’ according to the Duke of Wellington. How fortunate we are to have a sports-mad, old Etonian for a…
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Lockdown has inevitably changed how we look at work and may well have accelerated the possibility of remote working becoming the norm for many people. It is not a stretch…
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While most of the world is engaged in the fight against the immediate fallout of the pandemic, analysts are trying to determine what the long-term consequences will look like and…
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Most of the British public is sticking to the rules. We have been asked to stay at home, and largely that is what we are doing. We have been asked…
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The news is full of speculation over the approach the European Union will take to safeguard the survival of its economy and the individual economies of its member states. Last…
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The words “virus,” “pandemic,” “quarantine,” “vaccine” and “immunity” have featured prominently in all kinds of recent debates. As far as politics go, the word solidarity has been the most popular…
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This week, schoolchildren were meant to be returning to the classroom after the Easter break. However, this was not to be, as we continue to be restricted by the Covid-19…
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Covid’s shadow has passed from the negotiating table, and so the Brexit talks have resumed. ‘Time and tide wait for no man’, as the saying goes. That dictum finds its…
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Conservatism learns from looking backwards and not always by learning from applied conservatism. On how the present government will combat today’s unprecedented crises, there is both hope and cheer for…