Articles By Nigel Lawson
February 2018
If Britain is to regain the freedom of a sovereign nation state, Theresa May must get up off her knees and if necessary leave without a deal
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April 2016
Undemocratic, inefficient, economically stagnant, the EU today has nothing to recommend it. The case for Brexit is overwhelming
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March 2015
In the Church of England's new book the Archbishops of Canterbury and York are too focused on inequality rather than poverty, greed and folly
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May 2014
An Essay on Climate Change
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July/August 2012
Samuel Brittan's diaries from 1964-66 prove that, even then, the doyen of financial journalism was insightful and, at times, cutting
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January/February 2011
Adam Smith’s invisible hand is lifting us out of recession, but globalisation can be snuffed out again by protectionism
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May 2009
Four years ago, on the 30th anniversary of her taking office, one of her closest colleagues explained that her great achievements still resonate today
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September 2008
‘Among Hugh Trevor-Roper's enthusiasms was a campaign to secure the Nobel Peace Prize for Himmler's masseur’
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About Nigel Lawson
Nigel Lawson is a Conservative politician and former Chancellor of the Exchequer. His latest book is An Appeal to Reason: A Cool Look at Global Warming. An updated edition of his memoirs, Memoirs of a Tory Radical, is published by Biteback. He is on the Advisory Board of Standpoint.
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