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Tonight’s LIVE with LITTLEWOOD – the show that brings you free-rolling discussion and debate on the issues that matter – turns the spotlight on:
Host MARK LITTLEWOOD will be joined by writer and commentator ALEX DEANE; BRENDAN CHILTON, Chief Executive Officer of the Independent Business Network; JOANNA WILLIAMS, Director of the think tank CIEO; Classical liberal author, academic and politician Dr JAMIE WHYTE; JOHN ASHMORE, Editor of CapX; LEN SHACKLETON, Professor of Economics at the University of Buckingham and ANDY MAYER, the IEA’s Chief Operating Officer.
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Do the new COVID restrictions point to another lockdown? Or is the government overreacting?
Can Boris Johnson urge people to obey the law when his own government seems prepared to break it over Brexit?
Should the furlough scheme be extended? Or would that just be delaying the inevitable?
And could Donald Trump win the Nobel Peace Prize?
Join host Mark Littlewood tonight for a whirlwind 90 minutes of discussion and debate with author and journalist James Delingpole, former CEO of Vote Leave and the TaxPayers’ Alliance Matthew Elliott, Conservative commentator Alex Deane, Terry Kibbe from the Washington-based Free the People and DUP MP Sammy Wilson.
Also taking part will be journalist and commentator Benedict Spence, founder of The Democracy Institute Patrick Basham and author Kristian Niemietz, the IEA’s Head of Political Economy.
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As Black Lives Matter protests spread across the world, so too have accusations of virtue-signalling. Do we risk prioritising symbolism over substance?
Will Clapping for Carers stop the case being made for root and branch reform of the NHS?
Can regional lockdowns work?
And why is the Prime Minister looking to FDR?
All this and more will be under discussion tonight as LIVE WITH LITTLEWOOD returns to a screen near you.
Host Mark Littlewood will be joined by The Spectator’s Kate Andrews, Conservative commentator Alex Deane, Spiked’s Brendan O’Neill, political journalist Benedict Spence, The Critic’s Oliver Wiseman and Guido Fawkes’ Tom Harwood . They be joined by John Tillman, from the Illinois Policy Institute, and the IEA’s Stephen Davies and Christopher Snowdon.
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In tonight’s LIVE WITH LITTLEWOOD – at the new time of 6.30 pm – the IEA’s MARK LITTLEWOOD will be joined by another stellar cast of journalists, think tankers and commentators including the Mail on Sunday’s DAN HODGES, JANET DALEY of The Telegraph, Spiked’s BRENDAN O’NEILL and ALEX DEANE of FTI Consulting.
Also taking part in the free-rolling debate will be ROBERT COLVILE of the Centre for Policy Studies, MATTHEW LESH of the Adam Smith Institute and JOHN O’CONNELL of the Taxpayers’ Alliance. And from across the pond we’ll be joined by MICHAEL CARNUCCIO, of the JTK Group, and TERRY KIBBE of Free the People.
They’ll discuss:
And much more!
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Inevitably many Tory Brexiteers are calling for Boris to lead Britain out of the EU. There is no doubt that if he were so to do the referendum would be a fascinating proxy for a Tory leadership campaign. Whatever the outcome he would probably as a result stitch up the Tory leadership in a head-to-head with Osborne. The prospect of “Borxit” happening is not that high, many suspect that his reluctant blessing of a deal is part of a pre-agreed charade with Cameron…
Press release:
GRASSROOTS CALL ON BORIS TO BE BRAVE AND BACK BREXIT
SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN TO DRAFT BORIS TO LEAD LEAVE
Alex Deane, former chief of staff to David Cameron MP, said: the Conservative Party’s membership needs a champion with significant, mass appeal, political and cultural clout, to represent our dissatisfaction with the failure of the government to meaningfully deliver on its manifesto pledge of reform in our relationship with the EU.
“It is with this in mind that I urge the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, to throw his weight behind the Brexit campaign, and help lead Britain out of a tired, fundamentally flawed, failing political union.
“Boris must surely feel the hand of history on his shoulder at this pivotal moment. His involvement in the campaign to lead Britain out of the European Union could tip the scales. Come on, Boris. Be brave. Back Brexit!”
An Ipsos MORI poll from February 2016 revealed that Mr. Johnson’s opinions on the referendum campaign are valued by 32 per cent of those polled. This is in comparison to Mr. Cameron’s opinions (44 per cent), Theresa May’s opinions (28 per cent) and George Osborne’s opinions (28 per cent) – meaning Boris’s voice is the second most important behind that of the Prime Minister.
There is a campaign site and they are running online adverts here, on Facebook and ConservativeHome. The twitter hashtag is #BeBraveBoris. Full press release here.
