Almost nobody seriously thinks the latest Meghan-Harry debacle jeopardises in any way the permanence, long-lasting respect or pride of the monarchy in ordinary British civil society. The only potential real decline in favourable public opinion (according to recent YouGov polling) belongs to Prince Harry falling from 71% to 55% from October to January and Meghan,… [Read More]
We are a far journey from the British Broadcasting Corporation born in the 1920s. Formed out of a need for public information and education for the beginning of its history, it now competes in an age of misinformation, a lack of impartiality over its party- and Brexit-coverage, a wider plurality of viewing habits and an… [Read More]
It is no secret that there has been a significant repositioning by many European social democratic parties in recent years towards the more radical left. In the past week, the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s brand of what he calls “democratic socialism” suffered a sizeable defeat in the general election, gaining only 203 seats compared with… [Read More]
In a new book, the entrepreneur and Labour donor warns the demise of the centre-left will continue unless it re-focuses on delivering economic growth and higher living standards for all The centre-left faces ‘extinction’ unless it can break free of neoliberal economic dogma and find a way to credibly deliver significantly higher rates of growth… [Read More]
Have you ever stopped and questioned whether the output of BBC news and current affairs is as balanced as it could be? Have you found yourself screaming at the Today programme, switching off Question Time, or getting angry listening to Any Questions? Do you ever find yourself questioning its impartiality and how the BBC measures that? Now… [Read More]
Not a day seems to pass in this Conservative leadership contest without promises of tax cuts. Today The Times brings news that Boris Johnson is contingency planning an emergency No Deal budget to ensure the economy is ‘going gangbusters’ by October 31. Central to that is said to be an idea to abolish stamp duty… [Read More]
In the early transformation of Hong Kong from a “barren rock” to a trading outpost of the British empire, the Crown representatives took one decision in particular that would be pivotal to its future. Rather than selling the land to the traders who relocated there from mainland China, it was auctioned on a leasehold basis,… [Read More]
On Monday May 20th, The Rt Rev Bashar Warda, Archbishop of Erbil, addressed a seminar at Civitas on the plight facing Christians in Iraq and the wider Middle East. This is the full text of his address. Thank you David Green, and thank you Civitas, for organising this discussion. I came to London to… [Read More]
For all of the criticism regularly levelled at Help to Buy, the flagship equity loan scheme contains the kernel of a good idea. The equity loan concept – in which the value of the amount owed back is linked to movements in the property value – has been promoted by academics for years as a… [Read More]
A coalition of experts and multi-faith leaders have written to the Home Secretary counselling against the definition of Islamophobia which serves as a ‘backdoor blasphemy law’. The definition has so far been adopted by the Labour Party, the Mayor of London and a growing list of local authorities. The signatories to the letter hail from… [Read More]