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"We're into new territory now" – can the Tories reclaim their tax-cutting mantle? In the latest episode of The Capitalist @MalcolmRifkind talks with @marcsidwell about the future of Conservatism
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America isn't just shifting its foreign policy stance on Europe – it's also gearing up to take on the EU's Digital Services Act and the UK's Online Safety Act in the name of free speech. On The Capitalist podcast, @prestonjbyrne explains how the GRANITE Act is set to make
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And finally, CapX’s books of the year👇 https://t.co/BU2eLUuUut
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Our staff and contributors' favourite books of the year
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@jamespriceglos on exciting developments in British maths education👇 https://t.co/b7S2A3opwv
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Our failing state could end up creating a generation of amazingly capable young people
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@pursuitofprog on why we need to start thinking like the Victorians👇 https://t.co/7OlA8LHG3N
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It is unacceptable that people have to go without clean running water in modern Britain
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@JohnPenroseNews on how to solve the issues facing Britain’s young people👇 https://t.co/A9seGYRcPO
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A snobbish divide between apprenticeships and university degrees is holding young people back
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@paulbristow79 on how devolution can drive growth👇 https://t.co/ySwcWZuMkv
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Cambridgeshire could be the fastest growing local economy outside London
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@chalmermagne on the issues facing UK defence procurement👇 https://t.co/b4afltpoYP
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The MOD took an Israeli drone and created a vehicle that struggles to take off
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@MrRBourne on why Labour’s ‘war on bills’ won’t work👇 https://t.co/a7xAHPVRC0
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‘Cutting the cost of living’ is an economic – and political – mistake
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Bruce Anderson on the challenge faced by Kemi Badenoch👇 https://t.co/ySNjGUWm0O
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The Conservative leader must give voters the greatest Christmas gift of all: hope
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Chris Kinch KC on Labour’s plans to scrap jury trials in most cases👇 https://t.co/Q7QBPJxLrl
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Taking an axe to jury trials will do nothing to address the court backlog
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@ReemAmirIbrahim on the Government’s Employment Rights Bill👇 https://t.co/0rfrysyXTW
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The hidden costs of the Government's employment rights legislation are enormous
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📚Need some Sunday reading? Take a look at our favourite pieces of the week👇
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Europe says ‘transparency’, @prestonjbyrne hears ‘censorship’. As the EU moves against X, the clash is now unmistakable: what Brussels frames as disclosure, Washington sees as a straight-up violation of free speech and constitutional rights. Understand the full argument now on
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Is the UK's Online Safety Act in trouble? According to @prestonjbyrne, the GRANITE Act will make European censorship politically suicidal. One Ofcom letter to an American company? Tens of millions in damages. Try it six times and you’re staring at a $75m bill. Catch up with The
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Is Washington about to demolish the UK's Online Safety Act? The GRANITE Act would make foreign censorship of Americans legally radioactive – ignore it, and you face ‘thermonuclear’ damages of up to $75m per threat. Watch @prestonjbyrne now on The Capitalist.
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There are three fundamental problems which push British students in the wrong direction, shoehorning them into courses and jobs which don’t suit them, limiting their life chances and making Britain’s economy less competitive as a result. The first is that, while many British
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A snobbish divide between apprenticeships and university degrees is holding young people back
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I am very pleased that 'The Rage of Party' features no less than 4 times in @CapX books of the year, chosen by such charming, right-thinking people as @marcsidwell, @jamespriceglos and @SalemLola
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🎄🎅 My Christmas book suggestion for @CapX 📚 The Conscience of a Conservative by Barry M. Goldwater At a time when an American president rolls out the red carpet for the enemies of the West, Goldwater’s classic is worth revisiting. It is a brilliant reminder of what
@ManiBasharzad 👉'The Conscience of a Conservative’, by Barry Goldwater 👉‘What Should Economists Do?’, by James M. Buchanan 👉‘The Counter-Revolution of Science’, by Friedrich Hayek
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Check out the full list here👇 https://t.co/BU2eLUumEV
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Our staff and contributors' favourite books of the year
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@pastasnack_e 👉The 'Wolf Hall' trilogy, by Hilary Mantel 👉'The Radetsky March’, by Joseph Roth
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