Major Clean Bowled: the Maastricht Confidence Motion 30 Years On
30 years ago today, John Major's government was trapped in a pincer movement orchestrated by Conservative rebels and the Labour Party's frontbench.
30 years on why PR is the next step for John Smith’s Citizen’s Democracy
The Labours Leader’s warning was stark and his modernising message clear. He spoke of “a worrying loss of confidence in Parliament” and “mounting sense of disenchantment and cynicism about our political system”.
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.
Slow Lane on UK Vehicle Safety Will Cost Lives
The Department of Transport (DfT) has dithered and delayed on an upgrade of our type approval regulations that will cost lives if action is not taken soon.
Labour Conference 2022
Delighted & proud to have moved successful composite motion in favour of proportional representation.
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).
Brexiteer Lord David Frost predicts cars will soon be banned. He’s just as accurate as ever
The man who wants to rip up his own deal with Europe is wrong about our absolute right to drive.
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.
John Smith and the Mythology of ‘One More Heave’
Thirty years ago, under the vaulted ceiling of the Royal Horticultural Hall in London John Smith was declared Leader of the Labour Party.
The Brexit Slow Puncture Deflating Our Vehicle Safety Standards
From 6th July 2022 for the first time in 25 years the UK will no longer have world class vehicle safety standards. Britain is falling behind global best practice in road safety.