John Redwood
John Redwood
John Alan Redwoodis a British Conservative Party politician and Member of Parliament for Wokingham in the county of Berkshire. He was formerly Secretary of State for Wales in Prime Minister John Major's Cabinet and was an unsuccessful challenger for the leadership of the Conservative Party in 1995. He is currently Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party's Policy Review Group on Economic Competitiveness. He is employed by N M Rothschild & Sons...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth15 June 1951
party cutting conservative
The Conservative Party is a tax cutting party or it is nothing.
moving numbers growth
The Irish move to a very low corporation tax has generated very significant revenue growth, considerably in excess of Britain's, where a slower economy has been combined with a number of stealth taxes.
mean reality thinking
The Prime Minister in the UK thinks spending and borrowing more is the right thing to do in the circumstances, and is busily trying to bail out chunks of the private sector which would otherwise have to adjust more quickly to the painful reality that we have been living beyond our means.
party cutting political
The three main political parties all agree the UK deficit is high and needs to be brought down. All agree that it is easier to get a deficit down if you have faster growth, cutting unemployment-related costs and raising revenues.
credit cash regulation
What the study I chaired actually said was we needed tougher regulation of cash and capital in banks, as credit was too easy. Events proved that right.
democracy constitution destruction
Labour's constitutional blueprint is nothing less than a plan for the destruction of UK democracy.
government want needs
I have more government than I want, more government than I need, more government than I can afford.
country saving currency
There is no point in saving the currency if we lose the country that goes with it.
children father helping
There aren't many fathers around here...If someone is old enough to father a child, he should be old enough to help bring it up.
country europe projects
The EU project is to create a country called Europe.
chance
No change, no chance.
country europe britain
Europe is my continent, not my country
men goes-on want
Young men do not want to have to take a consent form and a lawyer on a date, just as young women have every right to go on a date and to say 'No', having it respected.
war army fighting
The EU will not stop wars: it wants an army to fight them.