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Jeff L's avatar

What’s the most high-impact reform the UK could make today that we’d still thank ourselves for in 10-20 years?

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Arved von Brasch's avatar

Do you see a common thread about recent unstable governments throughout the West? Australia went through 6 Prime Ministers in as many years, the UK, France just again, and even the US has done an unusual split term presidency.

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TheBlues's avatar

Allister, when pressed in parliament by Chris Philp, Jess Phillips confirmed that along with grooming gangs that police, social services, and local councillors will be prosecuted and convicted if found guilty of wilful dereliction and complicity. Since she has admitted in Parliament that she knew from victims 'for years' of police 'as perpetrators', should her remit cover politicians...including herself? Indeed should she even be coordinating anything?

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jeremy f's avatar

What would it take to cause a collapse of the government and new elections before Keir stamers term is up? Is there a realistic chance that will happen?

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artist25's avatar

If, as you suggest, the Labour government falls by 2027, what actually is the sensibe alternative? Reform currently lacks experience of governing, a tranche of credible candidates, and policies which stand up to the test. Of course, this could change in time. Corbyn's new party will most likely team up with the Green Party to form an extreme left wing option, leaving the Lib Dems to take the middle ground. If Labour isn't working and an election comes along, Kemi will have one hell of a job persuading the public to vote Conservative. It sounds like a recipe for chaos, or a hung parliament. What is your best bet?

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Stevan Popovic's avatar

What is the ownership status of telegraph?

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Lewis Waller's avatar

Do you think it would be viable for the UK to create a Sovereign Wealth fund using shale gas, and why do you think that Net Zero, energy insecurity has taken over the West?

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Rebecca's avatar

Politics is failing as there are few/no good, competent people in the system. How do we get people into and through the system to end up with good leadership candidates?

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ToDs's avatar

As an experienced editor of a non-French media, could Mr Heath offer a honest opinion of the political landscape in France, how we got here and what's to expect in the near future?

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Marko Arčabić's avatar

The fact that net zero is our civilisational suicide, is clear to, why isn’t it to our politicians currently in power? And what would we need to do to have cheap energy here? National Wealth Fund like Norway? North sea reserves, like Norway, attractive people, like Norway….

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ShortSlaphead's avatar

"Show me the incentive and I will show you the outcome." Warren Buffett's sidekick Charlie Munger, I believe.

What incentives need to change for British politicians to start doing the right thing?

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Gareth's avatar
16hEdited

Do the Conservative Party's leaders think they are going to be forgiven? Should the party stand down to make way for other parties on the right?

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PAUL MARSHALL's avatar

Do you think in 5 years we will end up with just right wing and leftwing social media and news platforms the same way we had right and left leaning papers in the past decades, as any seeming "balanced" site now can still change via its staff opinion over time?

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