The new thinking that another Covid lockdown will demand from us
Monday, June 7th, 2021I have just posted this long thread on Twitter. It’s about the thinking required to adapt to the changes that I think Covid is now
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Will Johnson delay again at the potential cost of tens of thousands of lives?
Tuesday, June 1st, 2021Three immediate political thoughts occur to me when considering the now very obvious fact that the UK will have a third wave coronavirus crisis. The
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If you want to stop the government selling your medical data now is the time to act
Monday, May 31st, 2021I don’t believe that the NHS should be for sale. Nor do I think my medical data should be for sale. The trouble is that
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If the ministerial code is completely malleable then we’re in deep trouble
Saturday, May 29th, 2021I posted this thread on Twitter this morning: The new independent adviser on ministers’ interests, Christopher (Lord) Geidt gave two rulings yesterday. Both suggest that
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The things to be learned from Cummings
Thursday, May 27th, 2021News reports suggest that around 80% of people in the UK do not think that Dominic Cummings is a reliable witness. As a result they
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The risk of a third wave of coronavirus with massive economic and social consequences is high and I reserve the right to say so
Monday, May 24th, 2021I attracted quite a lot of opprobrium on Twitter yesterday for raising questions on the efficiency of vaccines, and for suggesting that there is risk
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We live in a lawless, fraudulent country managed by a government intent on providing opportunity for corruption
Thursday, May 13th, 2021Data recently published by the UK wide Companies House shows that more than 800,000 companies were created in the year to 31 March 2021. That
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UK company law and tax enforcement is so bad it’s almost as if the government wanted to encourage tax abuse
Tuesday, May 11th, 2021The Guardian ran an excellent article yesterday on the likely tax abuse inherent in the outsourced Covid track and trace contracts. As they recounted: Many
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Let’s turn our work, our communities, our finances, our government, our taxes, to common purpose
Friday, May 7th, 2021I have suggested that Labour needs a narrative. It does. Let me offer one to Labour, the Greens, the SNP, Plaid and anyone who wants
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