Lord Frost says the Tories need to focus on “lower taxes, spending and regulation”; Photo: Alami.
Rishi Sunak must abandon “socialist solutions”. and an economic status quo that supports greater government intervention to address Britain's problems, former cabinet minister Lord Frost said on Wednesday.
Lord Frost, who helped Boris Johnson negotiate the Brexit deal and hopes to become an MP in the next general election, says the government's greater involvement in British life makes it harder to prioritize tax cuts and spending.
This colleague will say that the prime minister and his team must counteract the drift of Western societies towards "socialist and collectivist solutions", as the ministers look for ways to solve the problems associated with the war in Ukraine. , the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic and the cost of living crisis.
In a speech at a conference on national conservatism in London, Lord Frost said: “We must not fall into the trap of promoting policies that do not really solve the country's problems just because they say they are the only ones politically possible.
< p>"Our job is to change politics: to convince voters that the country is on the wrong track, that the socialist and collectivist solutions currently being proposed will not work, and that the other way forward is not only necessary, but also practically possible.
“I cannot accept that the only way forward is through government, public spending and industrial policy. It slows down growth and prosperity, reduces incomes, therefore weakens cohesion, increases social conflicts, and makes it even more difficult to find resources to solve all our other problems.
"This is a blind alley, and for conservatives, a distraction from more daunting task of reducing taxes, spending and regulation."
'Still living with the consequences of 50 years in the EU'
Lord Frost, who served as Cabinet Minister for nine months in 2021, will warn that the British establishment has only “partially come to terms” with the situation. on the decision of millions of Britons to leave the European Union in the 2016 EU referendum.
An expert will blame the fact that many in power are “still living through the political, mental, and even psychological consequences of 50 years of EU membership” #34;.
Lord Frost, who writes a weekly column for the Telegraph, says: "The British establishment did not want to leave the EU and even now only partly reconciled with it.
"The role of the Conservative Party, as was often the case in history, began to tell uncomfortable truths and to go beyond this establishment to the broad common sense of the British people and their desire to govern themselves again.
"The withdrawal of us from the EU has now occurred. But this has deeply divided the Conservative Party as well, and the party is still unsure of the right course of action.
“Post-Brexit conservatism is inevitably a form of national conservatism for Britain. This includes coming to terms with the consequences of our restored self-government and what it means to run an independent nation-state in the 21st century.” over the weekend, the Conservative Party accepted his application for participation in the next elections as a candidate for deputy from the Conservatives.
In his statement, he said that he was grateful to the high command of the party for 34; for accepting my application as a potential Conservative candidate for the House of Commons, the center of our national political life. I have not yet applied for any seat and am considering my next steps".
A former diplomat, Lord Frost will renounce his peerage if he enters the House of Commons. Social media reports over the weekend that he might be fighting Andrew Bridgen, the North West Leicestershire MP who left Tory to become the first MP for the Libertarian Return party, were dismissed as inaccurate by his allies.
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