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Patrick Macfarlane Articles

For sale – the White Cliffs

Earlier this week I moved to Dover to help an inspiring project based around transferring the ownership of its historic port to the town’s people and their successors – forever. The Department for Transport has recently closed a consultation on the port’s future,...

Beware martyring Clegg

With the possible exception of Jacob Rees-Mogg, virtually everyone in Westminster wants the House of Lords reformed. They all agree that it’s getting too big, and that the hereditaries should leave. Beyond that, there is disagreement about whether the Lords is...

Euro fever

As the last few minutes of England’s match against Ukraine wound to a close on Tuesday evening, a friend of mine looked beamingly up at the screen and said: ‘You see, we can’t win if we’re not in Europe.’ His sustained enthusiasm for the grand projet in these dark...

Blue peg, yellow hole

None of us know exactly what’s happening at the heart of the coalition. We like to take pot-shots at the Lib Dems for propping up George Osborne’s relentless drive towards the establishment of ‘free’ markets in every corner of civil society. And there is no doubt...
Beware martyring Clegg

Beware martyring Clegg

With the possible exception of Jacob Rees-Mogg, virtually everyone in Westminster wants the House of Lords reformed....

Euro fever

Euro fever

As the last few minutes of England’s match against Ukraine wound to a close on Tuesday evening, a friend of mine...

Blue peg, yellow hole

Blue peg, yellow hole

None of us know exactly what’s happening at the heart of the coalition. We like to take pot-shots at the Lib Dems for...

Being Labour

Being Labour

Membership is what Labour is all about – and yet our party is shrinking. We may have experienced a spike in new...

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