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Labour have been making hay out of the tin-eared comments of various Tories on the recession. First, there was John Maples saying that the recession should be left to take its course. Then, there was Andrew Lansley speculating about the possible health benefits of a recession. But today John Redwood has topped them both with this post on his blog: ’The truth is that both the UK and the US have to cut living standards… People and governments have spent too much and borrowed to ... more

Emmbrook School has walked away with the John Redwood Cup for debating for the second year in a row, following the hotly-contested final of the Wokingham Schools Debating Competition on Friday the 28th November at Wokingham Town Hall. After a hard fought contest on the subject of “This House believes the Government has created the credit crunch�, Adam Connell and Florence Curtis of the Emmbrook narrowly defeated Lawrence Hill and Dominic Murray-Vaughan of the Willink. The teams had previ... more

We’re off out to dinner this evening with my friend Simon Jones , who’s the Tory candidate in Dagenham & Rainham, so I thought I would, by popular demand, create another open thread, where you can discuss what you like. Well, when I say "what you like", just remember I will have my Blackberry with me. I will be very annoyed if I have to use it, so behave! Over to you!... more

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