Immigration
An Interesting Interview with John Major!
Yes, really. Like his American contemporary George HW Bush, John Major has suffered from being sandwiched between two far more glamorous premiers and like Bush Sr this probably means he’s… Continue reading
10 CommentsBritish Cities Are Not "Full"
Further to this post on population increase, it’s useful to remember that despite the undoubted pressures population growth causes for public services and other facilities, it is not accurate to… Continue reading
26 CommentsAn Increasing Population is a Good Thing. So is Immigration.
Plenty of folk seem to think otherwise. Including George Bridges who has written a very curious post for the Motherblog in which he seems most perturbed by the prospect of… Continue reading
38 CommentsThe challenge of demographic change
There may be a lot of debate about what the “big society” means, but there’s one thing we should all be able to agree on: we live in a big… Continue reading
36 CommentsWho cares about immigration? (Or education?)
Who cares about immigration? In theory, everyone. It’s always mentioned as the policy that exercises voters but is ignored by politicians. (Europe generally comes second in this category.) Let’s see… Continue reading
11 CommentsCameron quells the storm
David Cameron turned in an emollient performance on the Today Programme this morning. He declined to stoke the coalition row over immigration, heaped praise on Vince Cable and stressed that… Continue reading
30 CommentsVince Cable’s Marriage May Inform His Views on Immigration
Vince Cable’s disagreement with David Cameron over immigration seems entirely reasonable to me and much less problematic than his attitude to Rupert Murdoch’s attempt to purchase SKY. Sure, if he… Continue reading
6 CommentsWhy Vince Cable can’t keep his peace on immigration
The row sparked by Vince Cable’s attack on David Cameron’s speech on immigration is still rumbling on. The Sunday Times reports that Cable’s opposition to the coalition’s immigration policies has… Continue reading
22 CommentsCameron can make common cause to solve Europe’s immigration concerns
Vince, it seems, is Vince. But Britain is not alone in struggling to arrest immigration. A mass of displaced North Africans is descending on Malta and Italy. The United Nations… Continue reading
16 CommentsCable lashes out at Cameron
I wrote earlier that the immigration debate can bite back — and it’s already done just that. Speaking this morning, Vince Cable has labeled the Prime Minister’s speech as "very… Continue reading
65 CommentsNothing new, but much to ponder, in Cameron’s immigration speech
There is, really, little that is new in David Cameron’s speech on immigration today. Besides one or two grace notes, almost all of its policy suggestions appeared in the Coalition… Continue reading
49 CommentsCairo Diary: Libyan transit
The road from Cairo to Salloum, Egypt’s Wild West town on the border with Libya, stretches out into the desert until the patched-up, grey and black cement blurs into the… Continue reading
4 CommentsDavid Cameron’s dreams and nightmares are written into today’s employment figures
It is almost a cliche to describe jobs figures as a "mixed picture" — and yet that’s exactly what today’s are. Beneath the headline finding that the number of unemployed… Continue reading
25 CommentsBritish jobs for whom?
Immigration isn’t a topic much discussed nowadays, because it’s one where the Tories and Lib Dems don’t agree. That’s a shame. Because there’s an urgent problem to be fixed in… Continue reading
58 CommentsDevelopments in the Middle East are beginning to affect Europe
After yesterday’s spontaneous clean-up operation on the streets of Cairo, protestors gathered at Freedom Square today to maintain the revolution’s momentum. There have been minor developments, with the army and… Continue reading
15 CommentsCameron signs up to muscular liberalism
"State multiculturalism has failed." Angela Merkel put voice to that sentiment last October. Now it David Cameron’s turn to do the same. In a speech in Munich today, the Prime… Continue reading
68 CommentsOutgoing head of the CBI slams the government on growth
Richard Lambert has launched an uncompromising but constructive assault on the government’s growth strategy, or lack of it. He said: “The government is…talking about growth in an enthusiastic and thoughtful… Continue reading
19 CommentsThere is a lot more to immigration than simply totting up the net migration figures
The good news is that most people in Britain think that people in their local area mix pretty well regardless of differences in race, religion and the rest of it.… Continue reading
33 CommentsStable house prices won’t happen by themselves
Grant Shapps has impressed in the housing brief, arguing that house prices rising faster than wages is not a good thing (with which Policy Exchange’s report, Making Housing Affordable, agreed).… Continue reading
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