A Strategy for Britain in an Uncertain World

Wednesday, 16th July 2025

6.30pm until Late 

Andrew Griffith MP
Andrew Griffith is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Arundel and South Downs, first elected in 2019. Before entering politics, he built a successful career in business, serving as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Sky, and later as interim Chairman of Just Eat. He studied Law at the University of Nottingham and qualified as a chartered accountant. In 2019, he became Chief Business Adviser to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, where he played a key role in shaping the government's business engagement. Since entering Parliament, Griffith has held several ministerial posts, including Economic Secretary to the Treasury and Minister for Science, Innovation and Research. Known for his practical and forward-thinking approach, he champions entrepreneurship, innovation, and British industry. Outside his ministerial work, he takes an active interest in sustainability, rural affairs, and local business development, and has chaired cross-party groups on issues like light pollution and English wine.

Richard Tice MP
Richard Tice is the Member of Parliament for Boston and Skegness. He is the Deputy Chairman of Reform UK, having previously served as its Leader. Prior to that Richard was a Member of the European Parliament for the Brexit Party which later became Reform UK. In January 2025 Richard voted for a new national inquiry into rape gangs. He is also an opponent of the belief in climate change as a justification for ruinous net zero policies. Richard is known for his long-standing Euroscepticism.
He has advocated for the better provision of affordable housing, reform of education, and reducing student debt. Richard was a television presenter with TalkTV and ran property investment businesses.  

Roger Bootle
Roger Bootle is one of the UK's most respected economists and the founder and Chairman of Capital Economics, a leading independent macroeconomic research consultancy. Educated at Oxford, where he later lectured, Bootle began his career in academia before becoming Group Chief Economist at HSBC. He gained wider recognition as a member of the UK Treasury's panel of economic advisers, known as the "Wise Men," during the 1990s. In 2012, he and his team won the prestigious Wolfson Economics Prize for their plan on how a country could leave the euro smoothly. Bootle is also a prolific writer, known for his accessible and often contrarian takes on economics. His best-selling books include The Death of Inflation, Money for Nothing, and The Trouble with Markets. He remains a prominent media commentator and adviser, with particular interest in monetary policy, Brexit economics, and the future of capitalism.

Professor Tim Congdon CBE
Professor Tim Congdon CBE is a distinguished British economist and a leading advocate of monetarist theory. Educated at St John's and Nuffield Colleges, Oxford, he has long argued for the central importance of money supply in economic policy. In 1989, he founded Lombard Street Research, one of the UK's most influential macroeconomic forecasting consultancies, where he served as managing director and later chief economist. From 1992 to 1997, he was a member of the UK Treasury's panel of independent forecasters, contributing to national economic strategy. He was awarded a CBE in 1997 for services to economic debate. Congdon has held visiting professorships at leading institutions, including the London School of Economics and the University of Buckingham, where he now chairs the Institute of International Monetary Research. A prolific writer and speaker, his work consistently promotes the relevance of classical monetary theory in understanding inflation, economic cycles, and financial stability.