I am going to confront the old-fashioned negative thinking which says that all government needs to do to generate growth is cut worker and environmental protections cut taxes on the rich and stroke 'fat cats' until they purr with pleasure. I'm completely repudiating the idea that government has to get out of the way.
I think what is happening is I think first of all there is confidence in the...
My college Fitzwilliam was pretty good but unfashionable and I lived in...
And humility in politics means accepting that one party doesn't have all the...
You can't win with some people. If you're not in government you're...
I clearly believe a lot more than some of my coalition colleagues - Tories -...
When my job was attempting to predict future economic developments for the...
The food in the House of Commons is fairly good. The cafe in Portcullis House...
My late wife Olympia was Goan and I've been to India many times. I love the...
Small- and medium-sized businesses need access to a diverse range of finance...
I fear that the rising personal bankruptcies and repossessions are the first...
Just as there's garbage that pollutes the Potomac river there is garbage...
There should be more attention paid to scientific research in the ecology...
It is the greatest scam in history. I am amazed appalled and highly offended...
This Bush administration has a growing credibility gap maybe even a...
Since the day he came into office President Bush has worked to gut more than...
Public discourse has been polluted now for decades by corporate-funded...
There has been a banking crisis a financial crisis an economic crisis a...
I like the outdoors and the natural world. Environmental issues.
Loads of chemicals and hazardous wastes have been introduced into the...
Franklin Roosevelt was very concerned about environmental issues.