‘We need a new “economics of place” instead of the failed doctrine of economic mobility’

by DannyKruger | Mar 6, 2021 | Community, Proposition

●  We have chronic regional inequality because labour and capital are not as mobile as the economy theory suggests ●  Government have reinforced inequality through Higher Education and capital investment policy ●  Places need strong identities, and...

‘We need a new constitutional settlement that includes the recognition of England within the Union’

by DannyKruger | Mar 5, 2021 | Nation, Proposition

●  The Union is unstable because England is a political non-entity ●  A new constitutional settlement that recognises England could attract the support of people across the UK In the three posts above I have argued that the state should promote the customs...

‘We need environmental nationalism: a deal between Left and Right to save the planet and reduce mass migration into Europe’

by DannyKruger | Mar 4, 2021 | Nation, Proposition

●  Environmentalism is unpopular because it echoes the globalist, anti-national agenda ●  Climate change should be addressed as a security challenge to the nation state ●  We need an assertive foreign policy, with more spending on defence, development and...

‘We need a leaner, more capable state, and greater security in food, energy and tech’

by DannyKruger | Mar 3, 2021 | Nation, Proposition

●  Whitehall should focus on the big strategic things, not the management of local human services ●  We face multiple opportunities and challenges, including existential threats; these are the proper business of government ●  We should build our resilience in the...

‘The state should safeguard the customs of the country’

by DannyKruger | Mar 2, 2021 | Nation, Proposition

●  Nations enable liberty ●  Elite disdain for the nation threatens the social covenant ●  Government should nudge our institutions towards patriotism Brexit was a revolt against the pan-national idea. Yet the EU was not the real target of the Leave...

‘The purpose of politics is to create the conditions for virtue’

by DannyKruger | Mar 1, 2021 | Proposition

‘We’ precedes ‘I’: society forms the individual We are our best when we exercise the virtues: the ‘excellences of the species’ To nurture the virtues politics should strengthen the family, the community and the nation It would help to know who we are, or at least...