Fownhope’s Heart of Oak Society traces its roots to the age of friendly societies, when communities provided their own safety net. Its anniversary celebrations reveal a tradition still very much alive, says MARK SEDDON
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Making the IEA ‘Freer’ to espouse Tory ideology
SOLOMON HUGHES writes on the not-so-hidden links between a new Tory think tank and the Institute for Economic Affairs. Plus, what's a Brexiteer doing working for Umunna?
The IEA is a big fan of the free-market economic policies of Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan
ANGUS REID explains the significance of Cuba’s egalitarian in letter and spirit Family Code and the pertinent lessons it holds for democracies anywhere in the world
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NICK WRIGHT considers how the isolation of Israel and a new film on the controversial Italian communist leader are creating new reference points for Italy’s left
CARLOS MARTINEZ says Cuba’s achievements in the face of a criminal blockade are startling, but the island’s future if the United States succeeds in crushing it looks bleak
AMNON BROWNFIELD STEIN reports that far-right MPs who mobbed the event organised by Hadash may have helped raise awareness of the brutality of the Israeli right
THE Conservatives know they badly need a positive message. The Tories can feel Labour’s challenge growing. The ongoing grind of austerity is opening up voters to Corbyn’s message of radical change.
The purely negative messages the Tories wanted to rely on — Corbyn is a communist, an anti-semite, a nazi, a terrorist lover, etc — aren’t working.
So many Conservatives are looking for positive messages and a new generation of MPs to deliver them. From the right of the party Liz Truss thinks a new think tank called Freer will help.
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