Rishi Sunak’s ‘Major Dilemma’

Following last week's Autumn Statement, David Ward considers the political considerations guiding Jeremy Hunt's economic measures, the parallels between the Conservatives' strategy in 1992 and today, and the 'very tough' choices facing Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves.

Black Wednesday 30 Years On

It is an anniversary Tories prefer to forget. Thirty years ago, 16 September1992, better known as ‘Black Wednesday’, the Pound was forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM).

Remembering Alex

Two years ago we lost our some Alex to Motor Neuron Disease. To celebrate his life we organized a Memorial lecture in our home town Tenterden on July 23rd.