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Almost every author of Britannia Unchained - a 2012 Tory pamphlet arguing for radical free market solutions - is the cabinet: Priti Patel, Dominic Raab, Liz Truss and now Kwasi Kwarteng.
Only Chris Skidmore is not in government (he was universities minister until last year)
Only Chris Skidmore is not in government (he was universities minister until last year)
Britannia Unchained created a stir when published for stating British workers were "among the worst idlers in the world”.
The pamphlet argued the UK "rewards laziness” and “too many people in Britain prefer a lie-in to hard work.”
But it’s worth digesting the whole thing.
The pamphlet argued the UK "rewards laziness” and “too many people in Britain prefer a lie-in to hard work.”
But it’s worth digesting the whole thing.
For more on Britannia Unchained, see @johnpmcdermott’s excellent review
https://www.ft.com/content/8109784a-f82c-11e1-bec8-00144feabdc0
The Kwarteng-Truss-Raab-Patel nexus in the Cabinet suggests Johnsonism won’t be shying away from free market economics too quickly.
https://www.ft.com/content/8109784a-f82c-11e1-bec8-00144feabdc0
The Kwarteng-Truss-Raab-Patel nexus in the Cabinet suggests Johnsonism won’t be shying away from free market economics too quickly.
Back in 2012, Simon Heffer said the MPs were "more able, original and thoughtful than about half of the present front bench"
"It will be instructive to see what future the Tory party holds for the four authors."
https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/culture/2012/09/will-cameron-listen-new-group-tory-radicals (h/t @Jderbyshire)
"It will be instructive to see what future the Tory party holds for the four authors."
https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/culture/2012/09/will-cameron-listen-new-group-tory-radicals (h/t @Jderbyshire)
The other gang that underpins the Johnson government is the Free Enterprise Group, set up by @trussliz @ruthoporter @MarkJLittlewood.
With around 36 members, FEG was an effort to push David Cameron towards more liberal economics. It had private support from George Osborne.
With around 36 members, FEG was an effort to push David Cameron towards more liberal economics. It had private support from George Osborne.
Early 2010s Free Enterprise Group members who are now in the Cabinet: Raab, Patel, Robert Buckland, Matt Hancock, Therese Coffey, Gavin Williamson, George Eustice, Brandon Lewis and Jacob Rees-Mogg.
Other members inc Sajid Javid, Jesse Norman, Nadhim Zahawi and James Cleverly.
Other members inc Sajid Javid, Jesse Norman, Nadhim Zahawi and James Cleverly.
And for more on what the Free Enterprise Group was about, see this great @JGForsyth Spectator piece https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/next-right
