Daniel Hannan @DanielJHannan@respublicae.eu

One of the hazards of democracy is that voters often prefer utopian dreams to modest and accretive improvements. Especially at times like this. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/colombia-shows-that-in-this-environment-even-the-best-governments-cannot-win

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The #IDUforum2022 kicks off with ⁦@poroshenko⁩ telling delegates that the way to bring peace to his ravaged country is to “de-Putinise” the conflict and, ultimately, to “de-Putinise” Russia itself.

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@NickLon90948097 @stdnope @DaveStudland Why stop at steel? Shouldn't we aim to be Europe's BIGGEST manufacturer of lollipops? Of leg-warmers? Of tortoise-shell spectacles?
Where's your patriotism?

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@DaveStudland @EdwardJFKey Why? New Zealand seems to have pulled it off. Australia, too, more or less.

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@stdnope @NickLon90948097 @DaveStudland No single country accounts for more than 15 per cent of our steel imports. (That's imports, not total consumption - we are still our own biggest supplier.)

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@NickLon90948097 @DaveStudland The country that has pushed hardest for "cutting imports", "independence" etc is North Korea. Self-sufficiency ("juche") is its ruling principle. It is the last place on the planet still to suffer man-made famines.

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@EdwardJFKey @DaveStudland Why is that our problem? If we buy steel that has been subsidised in some way, that is a free gift from German or Chinese taxpayers to British consumers.

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@DaveStudland In 2020, the UK made 7 million tons of steel, exported 4.4 million and imported 5.3 million tons. Our main sources of imported steel, in order, were Germany, Belgium, Spain and the Netherlands. This is really not a strategic issue.

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On the one hand - reduced growth, fewer jobs in car-making and construction, risk of a trade war, slower entry into CPTPP, breach of international law.
On the other - a couple of Red Wall MPs are said to like the idea.
This is no way to run a country.

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What does an incumbent government have to do to get re-elected in the current climate? https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/colombia-shows-that-in-this-environment-even-the-best-governments-cannot-win

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@JuliaHB1 Or should it be terves, like loaves?

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RT @ImpossibleBob: When I saw this headline by @DanielJHannan I imagined teams of Conservatives combing the English countryside interviewing children, looking for the reincarnation of Winston Churchill or William Gladstone...

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Voters come to assume that public sector pay-rises are denied, not for want of money, but from some bizarre sadism; that inflation is upon us, not because of the lengthy lockdown that they themselves demanded, but because ministers are “not doing enough”.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/06/25/britain-falling-apart-tories-paying-price/

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RT @DanielJHannan: Pushing up the price of steel will harm many sectors, not least construction and car-making. If we absolutely must maintain an uncompetitive industry here, let's subsidise it - far cheaper than damaging the whole economy through tariffs. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2022/06/26/steel-tariffs-untory-embrace-protectionism/

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Ministers made choice. They decided to boast of their spending rises rather than presenting them as a necessary contingency. In doing so, they gave up their claim to prudence and, with it, the main reason that people vote for Right-of-Centre parties. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/06/25/britain-falling-apart-tories-paying-price/

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RT @DanielJHannan: The infuriating thing is that every Cabinet minister knows that steel tariffs will shrink the economy. Similar protectionism in the EU is making manufacturers relocate, and we should be poaching them. They’re going along with it because it polls well - again, driven by headlines.

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The great @stephenharper used to tell his ministers: "Never include a price tag in your statement. If your statement doesn't hold together without one, you're doing something wrong".
Right-of-Centre parties should measure themselves by results achieved, not by money spent.
RT @oflynnsocial: I'm all up for helping Ukraine. But this tweet highlights what @DanielJHannan was writing about the Govt measuring its positive impact simply…

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RT @TomTugendhat: Protectionism is destructive to all of us. Tariffs are un-Conservative because they’re a tax on consumers. https://www.cityam.com/johnson-prepares-to-bring-in-steel-tariffs-on-developing-countries/

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RT @DanielJHannan: Pushing up the price of steel will harm many sectors, not least construction and car-making. If we absolutely must maintain an uncompetitive industry here, let's subsidise it - far cheaper than damaging the whole economy through tariffs. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2022/06/26/steel-tariffs-untory-embrace-protectionism/

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RT @WanjiruNjoya: "Conservative MPs used to quote Ronald Reagan: “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’” Now, they quote Rishi Sunak: “This Government will never stop trying to help people.” https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/06/25/britain-falling-apart-tories-paying-price/

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