Ronald Reagan’s “A Time for Choosing” – 52 years on
Ronald Reagan’s speech supporting Sen. Barry Goldwater’s presidential campaign still speaks to us. “A time for choosing” may be from another, more polite era of political discourse but its themes of deficits, taxes, liberty, security and leadership are more pressing than ever....
London 2012 Olympics: driving away "normal" tourists?
With barely 50 days to go to the start of London 2012, those of us who want to see our great city prosper will find Thomas Harding’s article “Third of London hotel rooms empty for Olympics as ‘normal’ tourists stay away” (Telegraph, 05/06/12) extremely disappointing reading. Harding reports on...
Reform Welfare, Axe Benefit Tourism… & Open the Doors!
Matthew Elliot, who founded the Taxpayers’Alliance, has an interesting opinion piece in the Daily Mail today (20/01/12), on the need to address the issue of benefit tourism. As Matthew writes, migrants should “Come here to work, not to claim benefits”. Matthew’s “hook” is a study published by Chris Grayling...