Tip TV Politics returns with its first episode of 2017. A new President of the United States, a new Government plan on Brexit, and a new media strategy for Jeremy Corbyn - we’re joined by Laura Round from Bright Blue, Richard Angell - Director of Progress and Joe Owen from Institute for Government.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glFeUcQ_CP4
January 19, 2017
Mr S was present at Bright Blue’s Drink Tank last night where Winston Churchill’s grandson had some choice words for the Foreign Secretary.
Sir, Leaving the EU is the most important step our country has taken for 50 years. Getting this right cannot be the sole property of the 52 per cent or the 48 per cent alone, so in 2017 we must leave the referendum trenches behind. We welcome the publication today of the “Brexit Together” manifesto, a vision for a Brexit settlement that addresses the central concerns of voters on both sides.
Ben Caldecott, associate fellow at the liberal conservative thinktank Bright Blue, said: “The key thing is for tidal to demonstrate it can be a cost-competitive renewable technology without subsidy – if not today, then soon. Other renewable technologies have achieved this.”
Ben Caldecott is an associate fellow at the centre-right think tank Bright Blue, and worked on developing the GIB while in government. He said the bank is not delivering on its original remit, which was to lower the average cost of capital for projects and provide liquidity to the green investment market when needed.
Sam Hall, at the liberal conservative thinktank Bright Blue, said: “Brexit is an opportunity to improve the UK’s environment. The MPs rightly suggest new legislation could be needed to guarantee existing protections post-Brexit. But a new bill could go further and increase the level of ambition for the natural environment”, for example with tougher pollution controls.