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Kwasi Kwarteng
Kwasi Kwarteng
British Politician
Born: May 26, 1975
Always British Conservative Party Time World
In Ghana, Nigeria, Togo, Angola and Cameroon maize is a staple, yet the earliest mention of maize in west Africa comes from a Portuguese document that lists it as being loaded on to slave ships bound for Africa. Kwasi Kwarteng
Ghana Angola Mention Bound Document West Cameroon Ships Africa Lists Being Staple Earliest Nigeria Slave Loaded Portuguese
There seems to be no end of books about the British empire, and the fascination it holds for historians of all descriptions is inexhaustible. Kwasi Kwarteng
Books About Seems Empire Inexhaustible Historians End Holds Fascination Descriptions British British Empire
The idea that, in the age of Google, Facebook and the internet, government can control the 'commanding heights' of the economy is one of the great delusions of our age. Modern techonology, social media, the explosion of online retail, among many other things, have meant that governments have less and less control. Kwasi Kwarteng
Government Great Age Facebook Social Media Internet Google Control Heights Other Our Online Retail Delusions Idea Economy Commanding Governments Modern Social Meant Explosion Less Many Media Among Things
We are often told that capitalism is in crisis, but look around the world and you’ll see that it has never been so buoyant. Kwasi Kwarteng
Capitalism World Crisis See Never Look Around Been Buoyant Often
Of all the meals that represented British culture, perhaps none captured the imagination more than the Christmas pudding. It was the Victorians who firmly fixed the traditional plum pudding as a festive dish. Kwasi Kwarteng
Christmas Culture Imagination Plum More Firmly Perhaps None Traditional Festive Than Fixed Dish Meals Who Captured Pudding British
I've always thought my main concern is to alleviate the burdens on people, who were earning less money, perhaps than £80,000. Kwasi Kwarteng
People Money Thought Earning Alleviate Main Perhaps Concern Always Were Than Burdens Less Less Money Who
The contrast between a figure such as Mark Zuckerberg, a billionaire before he was 30, and Alfred Krupp, who spent 60 years building one of the biggest manufacturing concerns in the world, is striking. Kwasi Kwarteng
World Building Before Mark Mark Zuckerberg Striking Spent He Between Concerns Years Contrast Biggest Figure Manufacturing Who Billionaire
Aspiration, opportunity, and a stake in society are things which combine education, decent healthcare and the fruits of a capitalist system where individuals contribute to society, while also pursuing their natural inclination to improve their lot in life. Kwasi Kwarteng
Life Education Natural Opportunity Society System Pursuing Individuals Combine Also Healthcare Lot Contribute Improve Decent Where Fruits Which While Natural Inclination Stake Capitalist Aspiration Inclination Things
Cutting VAT is a classic case of shutting the stable door, when the horse has already galloped a couple of furlongs down the road. Kwasi Kwarteng
Down Classic Case Horse Road Couple Stable Door Cutting Down The Road Shutting
The bull market, rising prices, earning lots of money, make it seem as if the good days will never end. When prices are falling and there is a recession, that also feels as though it will last for ever. Politics is the same. People simply can’t imagine changing circumstances. Kwasi Kwarteng
Politics Good People Money Will Recession Changing Earning Market Circumstances Though Seem Rising Prices Never Simply Feels Days Also Make Bull Bull Market Falling Lots End Same Ever Last Imagine
From the start of her leadership of the Conservative party in February 1975, Thatcher’s style seemed shrill and uncompromising, and she became an easy object of mockery. When she left office nearly 16 years later, she was a widely recognised, but clearly still highly controversial, figure. Kwasi Kwarteng
Leadership Conservative Party Style Conservative Party Later Recognised Easy Object Seemed February Uncompromising Highly Clearly She Became Still Years Left Mockery Office Controversial Figure Shrill Her Nearly Start Widely
For the British working class, the restrictions of conflict actually improved their diet. Under Lord Woolton, the minister for food, a programme of free school meals was introduced. Priority supplies of milk were provided for pregnant women and nursing mothers, while orange juice, milk and cod liver oil were given to the under-fives. Kwasi Kwarteng
Food Class Women Conflict School Free Nursing Minister Introduced Given Restrictions Supplies Lord Mothers Priority Were Juice Provided Improved Orange Diet Oil While Meals Pregnant Working Working-Class Liver Milk Actually British Programme
But while the British empire is easy to write about, it is very difficult to summarise. This is because what we call 'empire' spans 400 years in time and thousands of miles in space; every continent on Earth was directly affected by it. Kwasi Kwarteng
Time Space Difficult Every Earth Easy Thousands About Directly Write Empire Call Because Continent Affected Years Very While Spans Miles British British Empire
The idea that historians aren’t affected by what goes on around them I think is slightly fanciful. Kwasi Kwarteng
Think I Think Slightly Idea Around Affected Historians Goes Fanciful Them
I think that running empires as a way of ordering the world is a flawed model. Kwasi Kwarteng
World Think I Think Way Running Empires Model Ordering Flawed
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