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Please Turn Down the Pensioner Soapbox - March 2012
There is a lot of outrage being expressed in the papers and on-line about the so-called 'granny tax'. The way it was announced wasn't...
Ed Hall
Oct 31, 20232 min read
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A Letter to the Archbishop of York - January 2012
31 January 2012 The Most Reverend & Right Honourable Dr John Sentamu, Archbishop of York My Lord Archbishop, I am writing after reading...
Ed Hall
Oct 31, 20235 min read
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A Wobbly Europe and a Middle East Crisis? - November 2011
The latest article I have written on the state of Europe and the Middle East is here. https://conservativehome.com/2011/11/02/ed-hall-eur...
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Oct 31, 20231 min read
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Free the Buckingham Palace One - August 2011
Whilst we have a monarchy in Britain (and I see no real desire for an elected Presidency in this country) then we have to manage the...
Ed Hall
Oct 31, 20232 min read
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Restaurant Reviews in Cornwall - July 2011
My reviews of Tiffins in Fowey and Rick Stein's Fish and Chips in Falmouth couldn't be more different. One was fabulous: the other so...
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A Tale of Two Euros - July 2011
The Eurosceptic in me is dying to say 'I told you so'. But as we watch the painful failure of linking so many divergent economies in...
Ed Hall
Oct 31, 20232 min read
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Preparation for Fastnet 2011
With only 30 days to go until the start of the 2011 Fastnet Race it's started to occupy a lot of my thinking time. It's a 608 mile race...
Ed Hall
Oct 31, 20232 min read
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Ed Balls and Labour Business Links - June 2011
Whilst the gossip and the leaked documents showing the scale of the battle between Blair and the failed Brown Revolution are interesting...
Ed Hall
Oct 31, 20231 min read
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Ought Everyone Pay some Income Tax? - August 2011
I wrote an article a few days ago for Conservative Home questioning the democratic issues raised by raising the Income Tax threshold. I...
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The AV Referendum - February 2011
First Past The Post is a simple, comprehensible and – most importantly – fair electoral system I wrote about the AV referendum on the...
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Oct 31, 20231 min read
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Friends with Blue Pencils - January 2011
I have a friend who has violently different politics to mine. We all have such friends I imagine unless we live in a very sheltered...
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Oct 31, 20232 min read
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Driving in Mexico City - July 2010
The world-class traffic jams in Mexico City are renowned around the globe, and they do leave the morning rush hour on the M25 looking...
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Oct 31, 20233 min read
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Nigth Owl Racing - June 2010
We seem to be getting better at the early starts this season, which meant we were bobbing around off Gurnard ready for the smaller yachts...
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Oct 31, 20235 min read
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Time to Call Them Terrorists - Mexico - 10 June 2010
Last weekend as we drove along the carretera that takes Mexico City dwellers south to Acapulco for the weekend, we passed through the...
Ed Hall
Oct 31, 20233 min read
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A Maternal Visit - October 2010
We think we are all worried about the pensions 'time bomb' and the costs of managing an ever ageing population, but I think it's largely...
Ed Hall
Jun 10, 20101 min read
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