Prime minister addresses Tory party conference while Scottish cabinet considers Covid-19 ‘circuit break’ lockdown
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Boris Johnson’s speech was light on policy but heavy on vision – although it was not a particularly novel vision, and the passages about private enterprise being the foundation for prosperity were very similar to the speeches he’s been making at Conservative conferences for years.
One of the most interesting passages, though, came when he spoke about his desire to use the coronavirus crisis as a catalyst for change. In doing so, he identified Churchill’s wartime coalition government as a model. He said:
In the depths of the second world war, when just about everything had gone wrong, the government sketched out a vision of the post-war new Jerusalem that they wanted to build, and that is what we’re doing now, in the teeth of this pandemic.
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Johnson says he believes in a global Britain.
His party believes in British values, he says. Labour won’t even vote to protect the armed forces for vexatious complaints, he says.
Continue reading…Prime minister addresses Tory party conference while Scottish cabinet considers Covid-19 ‘circuit break’ lockdownBoris Johnson plans to power all UK homes with wind by 2030Commons rebellions expected at votes on curfew and rule of sixGlobal coronavirus live: latest updates 12.21pm BSTBoris Johnson’s speech was light on policy but heavy on vision – although it was not a particularly novel vision, and the passages about private enterprise being the foundation for prosperity were very similar to the speeches he’s been making at Conservative conferences for years.One of the most interesting passages, though, came when he spoke about his desire to use the coronavirus crisis as a catalyst for change. In doing so, he identified Churchill’s wartime coalition government as a model. He said:In the depths of the second world war, when just about everything had gone wrong, the government sketched out a vision of the post-war new Jerusalem that they wanted to build, and that is what we’re doing now, in the teeth of this pandemic. 12.06pm BSTJohnson says he believes in a global Britain.His party believes in British values, he says. Labour won’t even vote to protect the armed forces for vexatious complaints, he says. Continue reading…