Simon Heffer's Blog, page 49

Enough weasel words, Dave. The British people must be given a vote on Europe

What on earth did David Cameron think he would achieve by going to Berlin on Thursday and lecturing the Chancellor of Germany on how to save the euro?

Callow ministers and government by U-turn: Why Mr Cameron (and Britain) desperately needs talent at the top

Even those with low expectations of this Government have been shocked by the shambles it has become in recent days.

Beggared by the euro: Never mind Greece and Spain, there's a country far closer to home that's been brought to its knees by Brussels. So have the Irish seized their last chance to fight back?

You do not have to go all the way to Greece to witness an economy devastated and a people demoralised by the European dream: a short hop across the Irish Sea, to the fair city of Dublin, will show you the same thing far closer to home, and in a...

The morning suit is classless, but our image-obsessed PM can't be expected to know that

Today’s newspapers contain a number of photographs of David Cameron at the smart wedding of a friend’s daughter last Saturday.

Don't be fooled by resurgent Labour. They would soon send us the way of Greece

The Labour Party is doing an excellent job of creating an illusion of electability. After all the criticism it endured a few months ago about its lack of policies and, indeed, its lack of a serious leader, the weather has suddenly changed.

Why Dave and Clegg are running scared of Cable the Coalition ‘Socialist’

According to Adrian Beecroft, the venture capitalist charged by Downing Street to review employment law, Vince Cable, the Business Secretary, is ‘a socialist’. Mr Beecroft added: ‘People find it very odd that he’s in charge of business and yet appears to do very little to support business.’

When it comes to ideas for saving the economy, our leaders are as bankrupt as Greece. No wonder all they offer us is lies

Can I be the only person to recall in recent days the moment in November 1990 when a crew of gutless politicians deposed Margaret Thatcher, our only truly successful peace-time prime minister since Lord Salisbury?

Dave, you’re sleepwalking into Britain's gravest crisis since World War II

As widely predicted, a vacuous Queen’s Speech this week avoided the main issues affecting this country.

The euro as we know it cannot continue, and we can't ignore this terrible reality a moment longer

Ever since the eurozone lurched into crisis after the 2008 crash, the European Union’s economic project has defied gravity. Thanks to German money and resolve, a currency union that should have been smashed to smithereens by a financial hurricane has stayed intact.

As the battered Tories put aside Lords reform and gay marriage to focus on the economy, here's the Queen's Speech Cameron SHOULD have written

As the Prime Minister makes hasty changes to the measures which will be introduced in this week’s Queen’s Speech, Mail columnist Simon Heffer reveals the 15 Bills he would bring in if he were in Mr Cameron’s shoes.