Donna Edmunds is Director of Research at Progressive Vision, a libertarian think-tank. She tweets at @DonnaInSussex
'Unthinkables' in the City of London
What does Osborne need to do if he wants to avoid the ignominy not only of suffering credit downgrades, but of being the Chancellor who presided over London losing its billing as the world's premiere financial centre?
- 2 May 2013
Osborne needs to unleash his inner supply side capitalist
Enough messing about on the side lines, Osborne needs to unleash his inner supply side capitalist
- 20 March 2013
A pact between the two right wing parties? I only see one
Many today have noted that the two right wing parties together topped 50 percent of the poll. But many UKIP supporters no longer see the Conservatives as a right wing party
- 1 March 2013
Why I left the party I love
What if the party you represent goes so off-piste that staying in means you have to abandon the true principles of that party?
- 22 January 2013
Freedom Matters holds a panel discussion at Conservative Party Conference
Paul 'Guido Fawkes' Staines, Matthew Elliot and CBE Don Porter to attend Freedom Matter's panel discussion in Birmingham
- 8 October 2012
The perks of page 3
Harriet Harman may wish to see the end of 'page 3', but freedom lovers nation-wide should protect its existence in earnest
- 3 October 2012
Review: The EU in a Nutshell, by Lee Rotherham
Lee Rotherham's "The EU in a Nutshell" is timely and essential, writes Donna Rachel Edmunds
- 14 June 2012
Review: Watermelons, by James Delingpole
An absolute joy for sceptics and a must read for fence-sitters, James Delingpole's 'Watermelons' is a new and vital weapon in the fight against the green agenda
- 10 February 2012
Two ideas to illustrate a simple truth: the government has no money of its own
Two simple ideas that would illustrate to the whole country a truth that appears to have been completely forgotten: that only the private sector creates any wealth and contributes to the economy
- 1 December 2011
How the Eustice amendment can get us 'out' of Europe.
The Eustice amendment could allow the 'out' campaign to legitimately argue that renegotiation had been tried, but wasn't enough, making a complete withdrawal the next logical step to take.
- 21 October 2011
Tobacco wars: University of Stirling vs. Phillip Morris Interntional
That some people do not agree with smokers' choices is no reason to start treating the law as a pick'n'mix counter, applying it only to groups we as a society are deemed to 'like'.
- 13 September 2011
Urgently needed: innovation in British politics
In striving to remedy social ills, politicians are guilty of compounding our problems by taxing and prohibiting. Enough is enough; it is time for innovation in political thinking.
- 30 August 2011
All hail President Blair! Er... or not?
Tony Blair sought to answer Henry Kissinger's old question yesterday. If he wants to call Europe, just pick up and say "Yo Blair!"... apparently.
- 10 June 2011
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