Requiescat in pace, not in tax

Requiescat in pace, not in tax

Alex Honey (non-university member) is an undergraduate in his second year at Exeter University, and Chairman of the Exeter University Conservative Association.

“This is all the inheritance I can give to my dear family. The religion of Christ can give them one which will make them rich indeed." Well if Patrick Henry had lived in the 21st century Britain, HMRC would probably demand 40% of it. Perhaps settling for the Father and a dabble of the Holy Spirit. We currently live in a state bigger than Thatcher's 1983 majority. We must shrink it, beginning with the tax on dying.

All views expressed are Alex’s own, and not necessarily reflective of the views of the association nor its office holders.

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The Bitter Nature of the Sugar Tax

The Bitter Nature of the Sugar Tax

Alex Honey (non-university member) is an undergraduate in his first year at Exeter University, and Chairman of the Exeter University Conservative Association.

Bojo recently got into trouble for proposing we scrap the Sugar Tax on fizzy drinks, however I must say on this issue I like the cut of his gib. "The law will never make men free it is men who must make the law free". These are words Thoreau would never have thought would apply to sugary drinks (Coca Cola was still Cocaine based at this point). However they are poignant in the debate today.

All views expressed are Alex’s own, and not necessarily reflective of the views of the association nor its office holders.

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The Death of our Green and Pleasant Land

The Death of our Green and Pleasant Land

Alex Honey (non-university member) is an undergraduate in his first year at Exeter University, and Chairman of the Exeter University Conservative Association.

J.R.R Tolkein once commented of hobbits that ‘’a well-ordered and well-farmed countryside was their favourite haunt’’. Well in this sense I must say I have an affinity with the hobbits of Middle Earth. As I drive around Oxfordshire playing the works of Pachelbel, Dvorak and Vivaldi a tear comes to my eye. Not because of the stunning beauty of the countryside, nor because I have accidentally checked my bank balance, but because this serenity is under grave peril. 

All views expressed are Alex’s own, and not necessarily reflective of the views of the association nor its office holders.

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