Douglas Carswell is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Clacton. He is the co-author of 'The Plan; 12-months to renew Britain'
Why patience matters when it comes to an In/Out referendum
Be patient. We are winning
- 15 May 2013
Thank you, Prime Minister. That'll do
I feel I can now say, "Yes. Thanks, Prime Minister. On matters Europe, that's what I wanted".
- 14 May 2013
My least favourite thing about being an MP
"What don't you like about your job as an MP?" I was recently asked in front of a classroom full of cheerful children
- 13 May 2013
If UKIP is the insurgent, we need a counter insurgency
If UKIP is the insurgency, we need a counter insurgency. Attacking UKIP as clowns, or sneering because their fiscal plans might not add up, will not do
- 3 May 2013
Are we doomed to decline if Scotland separates?
The 'big-is-beautiful' era in geopolitics was an aberration. It is small states that once again seem to have the advantage
- 1 May 2013
Stimulus growth is an illusion
The economy grew by 0.3 percent in the first three months of this year. But isn't that the least we should expect?
- 25 April 2013
Protesters: Big on noise, small on numbers
Don't let TV camera angles fool you. The protesters are barely a dot on Parliament Square
- 17 April 2013
Post-Maggie, Post-Monetarist
The time is ripe for free market Conservatives to develop a coherent post-monetarist economic policy
- 15 April 2013
Why Maggie still towers over the Tories
If the Conservative party wishes to hold sway in the future the way it did in Margaret Thatcher's day, it needs to recover an inner compass of conviction
- 12 April 2013
Oops. Government borrowing not quite going to plan
Yesterday, the government published its revised public sector net borrowing figures. And you can see from this graph, the fall in borrowing just has not happened that way
- 21 March 2013
Press regulation car crash
A big part of me thinks that press regulation proposals are a disaster in the making. A small part of me hopes these proposals go through so we can see the utter balls up that follows
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The Labour Party is kooky. It can be beaten
The current Labour leadership is the repository for every failed orthodoxy, every tried-and-failed idea over the past fifteen years
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The simple case for less tax
It sounds simple; it is simple: Let people and businesses keep more of the money they earn for themselves
- 5 March 2013
Make the Conservative Party like Spotify
The Tory Party is run a bit like HMV. And if it continues on that path, it will go the way of HMV
- 4 March 2013
We do not need a National Curriculum
Any curriculum would be better assembled by tens of thousands of teachers exercising their professional judgement, and parents pursuing the best interests of their child
- 28 February 2013
Latest on the blog
- Major incident in South London with reports of shootings and a beheading
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- Swastika flag flies over Palestinian village
- Social network faces backlash over callous Woolwich tweet
- Major incident in South London with reports of shootings and a beheading
- Saudi Arabia beheads Yemenis, displays corpses in public
- Swastika flag flies over Palestinian village
- VIDEO: BBC presenter slapped down over question of Farage's drinking and smoking habits
- Labour sinks to 3 point lead in latest poll
- NY Democrat pleads with Republican not to share document proposing confiscation of guns
- Sunday Times blood libel cartoon, on Holocaust Memorial Day no less
- Palestinian jailed for Facebook like
- 'Muslim Patrol' vigilantes attempt to control London streets
- Saudi cleric who raped and killed daughter receives small fine
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