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Unpopular parties could get a bad result for the U.K.
The latest polls show around 41% wanting Labour, down on the start of the campaign. 38% want Conservative or Reform. So one fifth of the electorate wants something different, two fifths want Labour and the two fifths of a Conservative nature are having a row about policy and who should...Read More »
Great Brexit wins
8 years on from the Brexit vote let us celebrate the great Brexit wins.
By far and away the most important is we are now free to make our own decisions through elections and Parliament. The fact that so far governments have made little use of this cannot take away from...Read More »
The Supreme Court sets an energy policy
The Supreme Court judgement which says anyone wishing to extract oil and gas in the U.K. or any licensing or planning authority wishing to let them has to consider the CO 2 burning those fuels is a bad call.
The truth is this country is going to need large amounts of...Read More »
This website
As the title page makes clear this is the John Redwood website.
It is not a Conservative or election website. I am not a candidate in the election and no longer have any formal role in the Conservative party.
My aim is to contribute independent and original analysis of economic and...Read More »
The Bank of England insists on getting it wrong
Headline inflation has come down to 2%. The European Central Bank has made its first cut in interest rates. Suspicious Conservatives think the Bank wanted to deny them a rate cut before the election , to offer up an introductory one in August to the new Labour government all the...Read More »