Just as television and radio transformed the way politics operated in the twentieth century so in the future will the internet have a profound effect on the language and conduct of politics and policy. This will be a gradual and inexorable phenomenon.
Robert Colvile - Friday, 1st February, 2008
Robert Colvile is Head of Small Business and Entrepreneurship at the Centre for Policy Studies, as well as a columnist for The Sunday Times. In September 2026 he stepped down as Director of the CPS and Editor-in-Chief of CapX, having served in both roles since 2017. In December 2019 he took a leave of absence to work as one of the authors of the Conservative Party's election manifesto, which also contained a range of policies advocated by the CPS.
