Articles by Donna Rachel Edmunds

Donna Edmunds is Director of Research at Progressive Vision, a libertarian think-tank. She tweets at @DonnaInSussex

UKIP's stance on welfare a better fit with the public mood

If the Tories really believe that every cut to welfare will be welcomed, no matter how savage, they have misread the British people. UKIP’s competition-based, compassionate politics is a better fit with the public mood
by Donna Rachel Edmunds - 23 January 2014
SKY below the belt with Farage over Enoch Powell

The British media has got to drop the politically correct attacks on UKIP and play fair. UKIP leader Nigel Farage was hit below the belt by Sky News in a silly attempt to link him with Enoch Powell. Despite the tittering from his opponents, Farage wasn't thrown at all
by Donna Rachel Edmunds - 6 January 2014
UKIP welcomes refugees in need

The fact of even a single British person turning their backs on genuine refugees fleeing for their lives, as in the Syrian case, is shocking and to be lamented. That's what UKIP believes. In common with many mature democracies, we just oppose mass waves of unregulated immigration for Britain
by Donna Rachel Edmunds - 30 December 2013
Tory-UKIP pact? We're very different parties

The increasing hysteria of the Conservatives in the face of the UKIP threat is quite something, says this UKIP councillor. But we are two separate parties with our own philosophies, values and manifestos
by Donna Rachel Edmunds - 30 September 2013
Kids are getting the tax issue, how about adults?

Modern kids seemingly have an innate understanding that taxation is theft. How awesome, and UKIP, is that?
by Donna Rachel Edmunds - 30 July 2013
What is Labour for?

Miliband’s proposed break with the unions is a truly seismic shift. It will be the ultimate admission of the left that Thatcher has achieved her final great victory
by Donna Rachel Edmunds - 10 July 2013
'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?
by Donna Rachel Edmunds - 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
by Donna Rachel Edmunds - 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
by Donna Rachel Edmunds - 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?
by Donna Rachel Edmunds - 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
by Donna Rachel Edmunds - 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
by Donna Rachel Edmunds - 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
by 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
by Donna Rachel Edmunds - 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
by Donna Rachel Edmunds - 1 December 2011