The Carpathia isn’t coming to rescue this government still swimming in the mire, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Making the IEA ‘Freer’ to espouse Tory ideology
SOLOMON HUGHES writes on the not-so-hidden links between a new Tory think tank and the Institute for Economic Affairs. Plus, what's a Brexiteer doing working for Umunna?
The IEA is a big fan of the free-market economic policies of Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan
As the RMT Health and Safety Conference takes place, the union is calling for urgent action on crisis of work-related stress, understaffing and the growing threat of workplace assaults. RMT leader EDDIE DEMPSEY explains
Current polling shows Scottish Labour faces a stark choice: break decisively with Westminster or continue its slide into irrelevance, warns VINCE MILLS
As discussions continue between the US and Iran over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear enrichment programme, the suppression of internal dissent by the theocratic dictatorship grows. STEVE BISHOP reports.
Last weekend’s inaugural conference mixed warmth, unity and ambition with the unmistakable echo of old arguments. MATT KERR wonders whether the fledgling party’s difficulties can be overcome
The US president’s career is defined by a consistent use of racist tropes and provocation. Why are world leaders so silent over his repeated vitriolic prejudice, asks ROGER McKENZIE
THE Conservatives know they badly need a positive message. The Tories can feel Labour’s challenge growing. The ongoing grind of austerity is opening up voters to Corbyn’s message of radical change.
The purely negative messages the Tories wanted to rely on — Corbyn is a communist, an anti-semite, a nazi, a terrorist lover, etc — aren’t working.
So many Conservatives are looking for positive messages and a new generation of MPs to deliver them. From the right of the party Liz Truss thinks a new think tank called Freer will help.
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