- Patience
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Conservative
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are the Conservative and Unionist party. No Conservative would do anything to harm the union, and that crucially includes Northern Ireland.
- Divisions
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- Nov 07, 2020
When Margaret Thatcher was leader, she and Michael Heseltine were hardly soulmates, but she would not have allowed personal rivalry to take the heat off the Labour Party, whose own deep internal divisions are buried in other news now, nor would she have countenanced any attempt to have a show trial.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
My personal opinion is that life begins at the point of conception, and abortion is morally indefensible.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have never been to IKEA, no.
- Made
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've made no pretence to be a modern man at all, ever.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to have one car that I can be certain will go. The thing about classic cars is you can't always assume they will go.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
Free Trade puts consumers at the centre of economic activity. It lowers the cost of imports, which gives people the opportunity to buy more with the same amount of money: domestic producers have to compete with the lowest global costs or invest in new business.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is in all our interests that the government, when buying goods or services, pays the lowest price.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
Subsidising inefficient businesses does not encourage them to become more competitive and means that extra money has to be taken from tax payers for the same result. Inevitably, this reduces the total size of the economy and lowers living standards.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
In an age of considerable bureaucratic burdens, a business knowing immediately that someone who has the relevant training is eligible to work in the United Kingdom is an important convenience and helps keep costs down.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
Zero-hours contracts are a low proportion of the workforce; they provide a route into employment and flexibility for staff. They benefit business, consumers, and taxpayers by keeping costs down, and they boost productivity, allowing the efficient use of labour.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Zero-hours contracts offer an entry point for people who are either new to the workforce or have commitments that make it hard to work full-time.
- Mean
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- Nov 07, 2020
The promise of welfare and welfare regulation mean that there is no incentive to accept jobs that do not meet basic standards.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
The arguments over the limits that may be put on individuals suspected of sympathising with the enemy have occurred over the centuries. Habeas corpus was suspended during the Napoleonic wars, and Defence Regulation 18b was applied during the Second World War.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is easy to defend the right of people to do things that fit in with the cultural norms of the majority. This includes practices that give personal pleasure but may be harmful, such as smoking or drinking. It is harder to argue for minority activities, especially those which stand out and may be obviously unsuitable in certain contexts.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
The state ought not to intervene to prevent individuals from doing things that not only are no risk to others but are of no risk to themselves either.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is sometimes an almost vindictive streak in politics whereby governments follow policies which they know will harm the electorate, but nonetheless, they keep them, sometimes for years. The Corn Laws are a classic example.
- Energy
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the 2010s, it is not the price of bread that is falsely and unnecessarily inflated by obstinate politicians but that of energy. There are cheap sources of energy either available or possible, but there is a reluctance to use them.
- Anticipated
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- Nov 07, 2020
Eschatological fears are an ancient human concern. The Romans expected the world to end in 634 B.C. owing to a prophecy involving twelve eagles, while the early Christians anticipated the Final Judgment in their own lifetimes. Pope Sylvester II thought A.D. 1000 would be the last year, a view updated for the modern age by the Millennium bug.
- Minimum Wage
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- Nov 07, 2020
Before the government decides to raise the minimum wage, it must consider the effects of the tax and benefits merry-go-round that affects the low-paid.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
A poor worker is taxed heavily to receive his own money back with a modest supplement. Surely it would be more efficient just to pay the supplement and take him out of direct tax altogether.
- Benefit
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- Nov 07, 2020
Employers' national income is a particular disincentive to employ because it is an expense without benefit.
- Growth
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the great constraints on economic growth and employment is that the tax and benefits system has grown up over generations and does not give the right incentives. Increasing the minimum wage does not solve this problem.
- Decision
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- Nov 07, 2020
A decision by the government to arm the rebels in Syria ought to be taken as carefully as one to commit British troops. It is akin to war, albeit by proxy, and must be treated with equal seriousness and meet the tests for a just war.
- Grievous
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- Nov 07, 2020
Assad is unquestionably guilty of the most grievous fault and has inflicted horrors upon his people.
- Embarking
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- Nov 07, 2020
The experience in Iraq has taken away the essential trust which political leaders need before embarking on military action. It was meant to be about weapons of mass destruction rather than regime change. Unfortunately, the nation was misled, and secret service information was misused.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
The appetite of the British people for a long-term involvement in another Middle Eastern conflict could not be weaker. There is no wish to have any further long-term obligations of a military kind that do not affect the most direct national interest.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's widely accepted that it is reasonable for a government to use tax policy to change behaviour.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes 'sin' taxes are useful not because of their perceived health benefits but because they are effectively a form of voluntary taxation which tends to arouse less irritation than other taxes.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
Supermarkets have contributed as much to increasing the standard of living in the United Kingdom as almost any government policy. They bring a level of convenience and quality that was unknown to previous generations at a highly competitive price because of their buying power.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is hard to see taxing plastic bags as one of the great issues of our time that merits the foremost place in our finest statesmen's minds. It is an absurd little issue, a picayune proportion of household waste, and a pointless inconvenience in people's lives.
- Ignore
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- Nov 07, 2020
If people ignore the rules already, new regulations are not likely to deter them.
- Derives
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- Nov 07, 2020
The House of Commons has the undoubted rights to expel members for misconduct. This is an absolute authority which cannot be challenged in any court, as it derives from the twin concept of the High Court of Parliament being the most senior court in the land and of each House's right to regulate its own affairs.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
A power of recall that depended solely on the electorate and was not subject to unnecessary hurdles of Parliamentary procedures would show trust in the good sense and fairness of the British people. In return, they might trust Parliamentarians a little more.
- Mean
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- Nov 07, 2020
It has never been the case that a peerage can be extinguished, even for the lifetime of a peer, by a motion of the Lords. This does not mean that there are not effective ways of penalising errant peers.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Ever closer union' is one of the totemically controversial phrases in the European Union's Treaties. It seems to give weight to the view that the scheme is designed to end in a single state and that those who agreed the texts have long know this, even if they have been unwilling to admit it to the British people.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
Lobbying has become a term of reproach, as if it were improper to push for a particular belief. This has happened because of paid lobbyists whose opinions are for hire and the fear that decision-makers, whether politicians or officials, are susceptible to their charms and wiles. This has tarred entirely proper lobbying with the same brush.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
No one questions the right of individuals to go to the Central Lobby to explain their views to their own Member of Parliament. It is important for those in power to hear arguments in favour of policies from all sides and ought to lead to better decision-making.
- Above
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- Nov 07, 2020
A constitutional monarchy requires the monarch to be above politics but to be fully informed about politics.
- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
The requirement upon the sovereign to 'advise, encourage, and warn' means that the Queen must be well informed. The weekly audience with the Prime Minister is not to discuss the weather but to talk about the most pressing problems facing the nation. An ill-informed monarch cannot do that and would fail in a key constitutional task.
- Need
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a general rule, governments are wise to avoid taxation that is voluntary, as they need a steady stream of income.
- Decision
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- Nov 07, 2020
Overseas investors have a choice. They can buy property, equities, bonds, or a host of other assets either in the United Kingdom or abroad. Each decision will be taken depending on the available net return, that is, the profit after tax.
- Financial
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- Nov 07, 2020
London's central role in the financial market would be undermined if wealthy foreigners did not want to come here.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many foreign property owners work in the City of London and are encouraged to bring their expertise and earning power to this country because of the favourable capital tax environment. Attacking their property profit may encourage some to leave, but it would certainly deter others from coming in the first place.
- Control
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- Nov 07, 2020
Governments want to control information. To do this, they have elaborate systems for promoting themselves via propaganda departments and for ensuring confidentiality with official-secrets laws. There are good reasons for these: people need information, and national security deserves secrecy.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the U.S., free speech and the press are protected by the First Amendment. It has a clarity unmatched by modern legislators and declares that 'Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech, or the press.'
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Press freedom has great virtues. It is not about irresponsible scandal-mongering, although that may be part of the picture. It is a means of revealing wrongdoing.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Freedom rests on a rational distrust of government; government will always use its power to benefit the incumbent administration.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
The biographies of the great rarely report much about the nanny, but for many, she will have played a crucial role in their formative years.
- Child
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- Nov 07, 2020
A nanny, by being the child's doughty defender, may put sensitive noses out of joint.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
Proper British nannies put the child ahead of everything. They do not like to see children used as accessories, carried around in slings for the convenience of the parents' social life. They want a proper set-up, where the baby is rested and happy, not shown off to all-comers.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Although nannies who cover more than one generation are rare, those like Veronica Crook - who looked after me and now looks after my four children - are pearls of great price. They provide a continuity and stability for a family that is of inestimable value for the child and, indeed, the man.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
Constitutionally, a revising chamber is useful and important. The first occasion I know of in history when the Lords fulfilled this role was in 1539 when Henry VIII's act of proclamations was neutered by their lordships so effectively that the Act was repealed in 1547.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
Extradition treaties date back at least to 1259 B.C., when the Hittite King Hattusili the Third and Ramesses the Second signed a treaty of 'peace and brotherhood for all time.' They have become more commonplace as international travel has become easier and sensibly streamlined.
- Crime
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is obviously sensible the crossing of a border ought not to protect a criminal from the consequences of his crime.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
In England and, later, the United Kingdom, Habeas Corpus is a right of great antiquity: Anyone who is arrested must be brought before a court, but this does not apply in continental countries.
- Court
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fundamental protections, the assumption of innocence, trial by jury, and the right to appear before a court have all been sacrificed on the altar of the E.U. superstate.
- Everyone
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- Nov 07, 2020
Not everyone will always agree with me.
- Principles
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that conservative principles have a broad appeal, and you should state them boldly, and the point of a Conservative election is to do conservative things, not to do Labour things but slightly less damaging.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not a great beer drinker, but I do like Butcombe, probably because it's made of good Somerset water.
- Ghost
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- Nov 07, 2020
Unsalted butter is a sin against the Holy Ghost.
- Much
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- Nov 07, 2020
I very much like potatoes.
- Nov 07, 2020
I like some vegetables.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is not for me to enforce my morals on others.
- Church
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- Nov 07, 2020
I take the teachings of the Catholic Church seriously.
- Decision
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- Nov 07, 2020
Marriage is a sacrament, and the decision of what is a sacrament lies with the Church, not with Parliament.
- Church
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Catholic Church's teachings are authoritative. There is a moral absolute on abortion - that it is wrong.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was left £50 when I was ten by a fairly distant cousin, which my father invested in GEC shares on my behalf. I became interested in the market and was given some more shares by my father, which is when I began looking to see how the shares were performing and learning how to read company reports, balance sheets, and so on in order to gauge that.
- Little
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went into investments out of interest and thought I knew a little. The longer I've been involved, the less I realise I'd known.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Tony Blair adopted the accent of the audience he was speaking to, which worked very well initially, but then voters began to perceive him as phoney. The 'man of the people' act is the height of condescension.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm overseas, I suspect I look like Mr. Bean.
- Opinion
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- Nov 07, 2020