We need to know the risks and rewards of ending the coronavirus lockdown soon

The shocking news of the Prime Minister being in intensive care brings the nation together praying for his speedy recovery. This will take some time and he needs his ministerial team to rise more than ever to the challenge of getting us through and out of the crisis.

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My five-point plan for bolder and faster action to help business survive coronavirus

gine your worst nightmare, then the horror as you realize that it’s real. The economy is behaving like a critically ill Covid 19 victim. Cash is running out of both businesses and the overall economy in a dramatic way; in the same way that a severely ill Coronavirus patient struggles for air.

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It’s time to turn up the heat on the EU by accelerating our post-Brexit trade talks

As the clock struck 11pm last Friday night, I was on stage in Parliament Square in front of a sea of tens of thousands elated Brexit supporters. Looking at hundreds of large Union Jacks fluttering brightly against the night sky, I felt a rush of optimism and confidence about what lies ahead.

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The Tories must form an electoral pact with the Brexit Party – or else they risk being annihilated

After the Brecon and Radnorshire by-election, one thing is very clear: the two-party political system has failed this country. Friday’s results showed just how much electoral trouble both the Conservatives and Labour are now in.

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Two-party politics or that ‘new car feeling’ at the European Elections? It’s up to the voters

Voters have a clear choice on Thursday in the European elections. There is a fresh, bright option on the ballot paper to consider. So will you vote for more of the same, two-party political set up, with the same people, the same broken promises, the same tired structures, the same party games and the same waste of our taxpayers cash?

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Time for the Prime Minister to pursue a “World Trade” Brexit

Having correctly ruled out a second referendum and a General Election, and with no chance of passing her own deal through Parliament, the Prime Minister is left with only one option for which she and the Government should now robustly prepare: a World Trade deal, from March 29, 2019.

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May’s deal is the worst deal in history

Theresa May had always repeated what I have known to be true in business: “no deal is better than a bad deal”. But now, even in the face of multiple Cabinet resignations and growing anger among her Parliamentary colleagues at her proposed deal, her actions suggest she believes that any deal is better than a no deal.

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It’s time to stop this betrayal of the people and relaunch the Brexit campaign

When we set up Leave Means Leave after the referendum, we thought it might be needed for six months. We hoped that we could trust the Government to do the job they had been instructed to do by the British people. People knew what they were voting for.

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