Daniel Hannan
@DanielJHannan
Director of the Institute of Economic Affairs.
Whig peer.
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An apt day to remember that Dolly Parton once recorded a cover of Stairway to Heaven - and, in defiance of every moral law in the universe, she absolutely owned it.
This is the most significant test for our new PM, his Falklands moment. Mauritius has made a hostile claim on our territory. Does he resettle the Chagos Islands with their original inhabitants and hold what we have? Or does he carry on with the disastrous Starmer approach?
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Can you imagine how the signatories of this letter are feeling in the light of the latest revelations? Not just the Walter Mitty sporting feats. Not just the intellectual mediocrity. But the invented hate crimes.
“I thought you’d just believe me.”
What a bunch of ninnies.
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The cost of living crisis is a symptom of big government. Life would be less hard and unaffordable if we cut spending and taxes.
This is the best article you will read today.
In other countries, governments give tax breaks to private schools. They love it when parents choose not to ask the state to bear the full cost of their children's education, and try to be helpful.
In Britain, uniquely, economics and education are subordinated to spite.
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