Douglas Carswell (Con)

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Member for Harwich and Clacton.

Articles written by Douglas Carswell (Con)

Still sinking into debt ….

Still sinking into debt ….

By • on January 23, 2012

One of the best articles on the state of our finances is Ambrose Evans-Pritchard's piece in today's Telegraph.  What I find so so remarkable...

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Still sinking into debt ….

Still sinking into debt ….

By • on January 23, 2012

One of the best articles on the state of our finances is Ambrose Evans-Pritchard's piece in today's Telegraph.  What I find so so remarkable...

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Why have we been drifting along with this Eurozone bailout disaster?

Why have we been drifting along with this Eurozone bailout disaster?

By • on January 22, 2012

David Davis has an excellent article on Conservative Home this morning explaining the need for ministers to “stop pretending that...

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Power to the People.  If not now, when?

Power to the People. If not now, when?

By • on January 20, 2012

I've back-to-back Advice Surgeries and meetings in the constituency today, so I'm going to lazily link to this article by Quentin Letts...

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We need Real Recall – not this bogus Bill

We need Real Recall – not this bogus Bill

By • on January 19, 2012

Alongside Zac Goldsmith, I spent this morning in front of a Commons select committee explaining why we need a recall mechanism to allow local...

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Our IMF policy is all tactics, no strategy

Our IMF policy is all tactics, no strategy

By • on January 18, 2012

Backing Christine Lagarde to be the next head of the IMF was, the government spin-doctors told us, a clever thing to do.  What they...

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Fancy being the local Police and Crime Commissioner?

Fancy being the local Police and Crime Commissioner?

By • on January 18, 2012

Perhaps you believe that the police need to do more to tackle drunken disorder in your local high street? Or maybe you would like them...

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Are we about to see the creation of an Independent Press Standards Agency?

Despite ministers telling us they do not want statutory press regulation in Britain, I fear we are in danger of moving towards a system where the press will be...

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US primary elections – Mark Steyn’s view

The great Mark Steyn has an interesting piece on the US primary contest here.  He doesn't seem quite as keen on Ron Paul as I am. Somehow there doesn't...

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Low interest rates will not fix the economy

Low interest rates have helped cause the West's economic malaise. They will not fix it. If the "experts" were right and monetary stimulus was the way to get us growing,...

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AA+? More like an F minus for our elite on the Euro

Who'd have thought it, eh?  The Euro crisis keeps rumbling along with the prospect of a French downgrade meaning that a full blown sovereign debt...

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What currency for Caledonia?

A tremendous amount of excitement has been generated by the suggestion that an independent Scotland would have to ditch the pound sterling and join the Euro.  Presumably...

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Who has read Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations?

I’ve just tabled a Parliamentary question asking if the Chancellor, or any of this Treasury team, have read Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations. ...

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Why I support a Scottish referendum

It’s not just because I favour localism and direct democracy. We need a debate about how closely decisions are taken to those they affect in every...

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Why I support a Scottish referendum

It’s not just because I favour localism and direct democracy. We need a debate about how closely decisions are taken to those they affect in every...

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