Dr Lansley's monster
Thursday, January 27th, 2011The editorial of the latest edition of the British Medical Journal does not pull its punches: What do you call a government that embarks on
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The Republican solution to the US state funding crisis - welch on pensioners
Thursday, January 27th, 2011As the FT notes this morning: Republican lawmakers are studying ways for states to go bankrupt, a move that could enable them to renegotiate their
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The charge sheet against Labour
Monday, January 24th, 2011Larry Elliot summarises the charge sheet against Labour — and by implication Ed Balls — this morning. He says: The charge sheet against Labour is
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When companies hoard cash worry
Friday, January 21st, 2011I’ve been arguing for some time that there is a fundamental problem at the core of our market system. That problem is that our big
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Does inflation matter?
Wednesday, January 19th, 2011I’ve written about inflation before, and I’ll do so again, without doubt. As long term friends of mine (some who have suffered discussion of this
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It's not just the economy - it's also the NHS
Monday, January 17th, 2011Larry Elliot says this morning: Without wanting to sound too hyperbolic, what happens in the first half of this year is going to shape politics
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GP bait to privatise the NHS
Friday, January 14th, 2011First rate letter in the Guardian today: GP commissioning is the bait which Howard Stoate has swallowed whole (Response, 12 January). There are good arguments
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For those with campaigning zeal
Thursday, January 13th, 2011Three campaigns against cuts, and their consequences have come to my attention today. 38 degrees have a campaign against forest privatisation, and against NHS cuts.
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Asking the right questions
Thursday, January 6th, 2011Neal Lawson, the chair of Compass, is asking the right questions in the Guardian this morning: To take back some semblance of control [in our
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