I am not sure that they ever effectively replaced Peter Allen. He gave the Drive program some rigour, some context and some balance. It really hasn't been the same since. (View Post)

We already have a close trading relationship with the EU. We should do our best to improve it and remove any barriers that exist. We should look to be a bit less bureaucratic in our administration an… (View Post)

Even if there is a majority for rejoining (and that may well change when we see what is on offer) there will not be a consensus. Far too many people are too invested in this. It will renew our divisi… (View Post)

I really cannot fathom what sort of demented idiot would think that the solution to the next 10 years is to have the same obsession with membership of the EU as we have had in the last 10. Who wants … (View Post)

I am not saying that the deficit should be eliminated by now or in this budget. It took Osborne 9 years to eliminate the huge structural deficit that he inherited from Brown and the collapse of finan… (View Post)