Elizabeth Anderson: Grammar schools offer life chances across the board
Grammar schools. Theresa May only announced the repeal on the ban on new grammar schools over the weekend, and the left-wing parties have started bouncing up and down immediately to shout about how these will fuel social inequality.
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Joe Porter: Let's create a Department for International Trade and Development
Whenever the Department for International Development is given public attention, it is usually for sending our hard-earned taxpayers’ money abroad to foreign dictators, instead of to those who genuinely need it – the poorest and most vulnerable in the world. Many people also rightly argue that charity should start at home because – whilst poverty has been massively reduced as a result of free market capitalism – we still have some who need desperately need our help in our own country. Another thing highlighted is the ridiculous £45 million spent on the department staff’s bonuses over a five-year period.
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Peter Cuthbertson: We mustn't leave anti-war arguments to the left
Post-Chilcot, the anti-war left is as self-confident as ever.
It's not only the Chilcot Report itself. They also feel vindicated by horrific events across the Middle East.
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The Week That Was
Dinner with Syed Kamall MEP
Conservative Way Forward had a fantastic evening with Syed Kamall MEP last Friday. This gave our supporters the chance to meet the leader of the Conservatives in Europe and MEP for London at a particularly exciting time for the future of our relationship with the EU: a discussion on 'how to best Brexit' was top of the menu.
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Beth Prescott: It’s Time We Talked About Grammar Schools
The current conversation about Grammar schools is long overdue. Our new Prime Minister and Education Secretary are right to engage in it.
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