John Flowers

John Flowers is a writer.

27 Sep 2022

Politics

John Flowers

Now is no time for ‘Tory socialism’

In the aftermath of the mini-budget, cultural conservatives have taken to denouncing the radical pro-growth policies of the Government as ‘not conservative’. One of the most eloquent cultural conservatives, Tim Stanley, declared a ‘coup by think tanks’ – one that flies in the face of his vision of ‘Tory socialism’, a Britain of ‘pretty town […]

23 Sep 2022

Economics

John Flowers

Getting the economy growing has nothing to do with ‘trickle down’

After today’s mini-Budget, we can expect to hear a lot more from the Tories’ critics about how they are motived by ‘trickle down economics’. Indeed, when Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves invoked the buzz-phrase du jour at the despatch box this morning, claiming that the Truss government ‘have decided to replace levelling up with trickle down’. It’s […]

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Now is no time for ‘Tory socialism’

Getting the economy growing has nothing to do with ‘trickle down’