a hemlock that poisoned Tories’ relationship with business

It’s not quite as simple as saying the Conservatives always used to be the party of business. Margaret Thatcher’s incoming government had its moments with what her shadow trade spokesman John Nott called the “vulgar, tanked-up” bosses of the late Seventies. In 2001, as New Labour dominated and the Tories …

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The sale of Royal Mail to the Czech Sphinx must be stopped, says ALEX BRUMMER. We’re flogging one our most vital institutions to a ruthless foreign billionaire – as our politicians sit on their hands

The familiar red, Royal Mail pillar box at the corner of my street on the fringes of Richmond Park in South-West London features the cypher of Edward VII. Across the country there are still postboxes from Queen Victoria’s reign, which carry the letters VR — which stands for Victoria Regina. …

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