People don’t vote for ideas so the challenge for the left is to explain how its ideas can turn into practical programmes for a better world
Sunday, August 8th, 2021There are people I know who have no interest in politics, or so they say. They certainly evidence almost no knowledge of current political debate,
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The NHS is suffering from underfunding - and it's showing
Thursday, August 5th, 2021The new Commonwealth Fund report in comparative healthcare in 11 developed countries makes for sober reading. In the last two surveys the UK came top.
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We need a peaceful revolution
Sunday, August 1st, 2021I just posted this as a thread on Twitter: Gary Neville suggested we need a peaceful revolution yesterday. It’s not the usual call for an
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First they came for the NHS. Then they came for the RNLI. Who next is in the far right’s sight lines?
Wednesday, July 28th, 2021The instability that the far right is creating in UK society is becoming dangerous. Last weekend saw a former nurse suggest to a cheering Trafalgar
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Why are Covid cases declining?
Monday, July 26th, 2021On 17 July there were 54,674 new Covid cases. There were forecasts that cases could reach well over 100,000 a day. On the basis of
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Why the government is lying when it says it cannot afford pay awards for the NHS and the police
Friday, July 23rd, 2021I just posted this thread on Twitter: The government gave some staff in the NHS a pay rise yesterday, and then said that the cost
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What was the Cummings programme all about?
Wednesday, July 21st, 2021I watched the Cummings interview last night. Much of it I found plausible. The sense that he, as someone who is good at what he
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The freedoms that matter
Sunday, July 18th, 2021This comment was posted by regular commentator Andrew on the blog in response to my comment on freedom this morning. I thought it worth sharing
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The Lords should redo its homework on QE and reissue their report. They asked the wrong people the wrong questions and got the wrong answers
Friday, July 16th, 2021There is quite a lot of fuss in the economics pages of newspaper today about a new report on quantitative easing from the House of
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