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Rob Williams Articles

Ed Miliband has Disraeli on board; now it’s time for Adam Smith

Last year in his speech to the Labour conference in Manchester, Ed Miliband laid claim to rebuilding Britain as One Nation. The Labour leader cited as his inspiration a former Conservative prime minister, Benjamin Disraeli, who spoke about One Nation Conservatism in...
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It’s time to end the rental rip-off

For the growing number of tenants in the private rental sector, it is not difficult to believe that they are the lowest of the low. You can’t buy a home of your own because property is simply too expensive, and your rent makes it impossible to save. Landlords have the...
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Labour’s immigration pains

There are still some senior Labour politicians, and a significant section of the liberal media, who continue to deny that immigration is one of the issues that most damages the Left.  Indeed, until the last couple of years, the standard response to any suggestion that...
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HS2 should hit the buffers

Labour will be travelling on the wrong line if it continues to support the proposed HS2. This is one infrastructure scheme that deserves to hit the buffers. The arguments in favour of HS2 are that substantial additional rail capacity is required, that a new high-speed...
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