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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 »
Just one billion more
If putting more money into the NHS solved its problems we should see much reduced difficulties now. Record amounts and large increases in cash have been provided since 2019.
The truth as Labour acknowledges is you need reform, improvement in how it is spent, as well as extra money.
In this election...Read More »
Posting to this site
A few people are going in for more and longer contributions. I am going to start deleting some for length and multiple posting.
Some want to make comparisons with Hitler and Nazis. This is usually inappropriate. Make points using proportionate language,
One wannabe poster every day submits a variant of the same...Read More »
War and defence
Those who think about the war in Ukraine see four possible out turns. The most likely is the current brutal war marches on with little change of territory, with Western cash and weapons supplied sufficiently to sustain brave Ukrainian resistance. In the last week the West has produced another $50...Read More »