A British space station with a Union flag on its hull, gardens behind its windows and a spaceplane docking, in orbit above Great Britain and Ireland as the sun rises over the horizon

A MANIFESTO FOR ANGLO FUTURISM

Britain unbound. The next British century.

A programme for these islands to lead again. New industries. Abundant power. Sovereign intelligence. A British presence in orbit. And a state capable and confident enough to deliver it.

Read the opening essay → The programme in brief

PART I

The Failed Settlement

Why the present settlement has failed and why it persists.

Read Part I · 11 min →

PART II

A Living Nation

What Britain has inherited and what makes it a nation.

Read Part II · 5 min →

PART III

An Anglo Future

Seven principles for a new settlement.

Read Part III · 18 min →

THE PROGRAMME

A nation rebuilt in three phases

Restoring the foundations, The productive engine, Expanding the frontier

Restoring the foundations

A nation cannot renew itself if it cannot govern itself. These papers restore equality before the law, the confidence of the national culture and returns power to those that are accountable for it.

01 / RESTORATION AND RENEWALIN DRAFT Equality before the law Restores equality before the law, withdraws from the ECHR, protects free speech and puts the national inheritance back at the centre of schools and public life. 01 Restoration and Renewal: Equality, Merit and the National Inheritance Explore the programme → 02 / UNLOCKING THE POWER TO GOVERNIN DRAFT Ending the veto state Three papers on the courts, arm's-length bodies, charities and returning power to those who are accountable to the people. 01 Paper I: The Courts02 Paper II: Arm's-length Bodies03 Paper III: Charities Explore the 3 papers → 03 / UK BUILD REFORMIN DRAFT One route to consent One accountable route from a national infrastructure decision to an operating asset. 01 UK Build Reform Explore the programme → 04 / THE CIVIL SERVICEIN DRAFT Machinery that answers Returning authority over the machinery of government to the ministers who answer for it, and making that machinery able to deliver. 01 The Civil Service Explore the programme →

The productive engine

Prosperity depends on cheap energy, capital that invests at home, people with the right skills and industries that make things.

05 / ENERGYIN DRAFT Power in abundance Ten papers on dependable electricity that households can afford and industry can use to expand. 01 UK Energy Reform Summary02 UK Electricity Market Reform03 Generation Expansion and Mutual Finance + 7 more papers Explore the 10 papers → 06 / CAPITAL FOR BRITAININ DRAFT British capital for British growth Freeing banks to lend to business and reserving tax relief on savings for investment in Britain. 01 Capital for Britain Explore the programme → 07 / BUILDING BRITISH SKILLSIN DRAFT Every citizen, every route A National Skills Account for every citizen, Universities of Technology and employers who pay to train. 01 Paper I: The National Skills Account02 Paper II: Routes and Institutions03 Paper III: Paying for Skills + 1 more papers Explore the 4 papers → 08 / BUILDING BRITISH INDUSTRYIN DRAFT Fewer missions, stronger places Four production missions and eleven production regions in which Britain can own capabilities that others depend on. 01 Paper I: Missions and Regions02 Paper II: Advanced Manufacturing and the Production Base03 Paper III: Advanced Materials + 4 more papers Explore the 7 papers → 09 / SEA POWERIN DRAFT Navy first A navy first defence for an island nation, with forces sized to their tasks and paid for at the lowest cost that meets them. 01 Sea Power: The Defence of an Island Nation Explore the programme →

Expanding the frontier

A nation that only repairs its foundations cannot lead. These papers reach for the technologies and the ambition that will shape the century, in the tradition of a civilisation that has always explored, invented and built.

10 / BRITISH FRONTIER AIIN DRAFT A sovereign capability A privately led frontier laboratory and a public compute operator, with sovereign controls that protect British independence. 01 British Frontier AI and Industrial Acceleration Explore the programme → 11 / POWER FROM ORBITIN DRAFT A gigawatt from orbit Building a technology tree that puts Britain in space. From satellite servicing and debris removal to solar power in orbit. 01 Power from Orbit Explore the programme → 12 / BRITISH CHARTER CITIESIN DRAFT New cities under British law Redirecting development aid to found productive cities overseas on long leases under British administration. 01 British Charter Cities Explore the programme → 13 / THE SOUTHERN FRONTIERIN DRAFT Ready for 2048 Preparing the British Antarctic Territory for the day the rules on its development are reopened. 01 The Southern Frontier: Britain in Antarctica Explore the programme →

Nostalgia asks us to admire what our ancestors achieved. Inheritance asks what we are going to achieve ourselves.

From the opening essay, Part Three