If you're worried about the de-skilling of the NHS, please sign this
Wednesday, May 15th, 2024Amongst the many ways in which public services in the UK are being undermined is by deskilling them. I have already mentioned this in the
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More drugs are not the only answer to the risk of heart attacks
Tuesday, May 14th, 2024The Guardian has reported this morning that: A weight loss injection could reduce the risk of heart attacks and benefit the cardiovascular health of millions
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Starmer has no ethical or political framework to guide his actions, and that is why he will fail
Thursday, May 9th, 2024There are a number of basic elements to politics, but in practical terms the most important one is that it requires that decisions be made.
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Economists are neither thinkers or problem solvers. Most are just mathematicians, and not very good ones at that
Saturday, May 4th, 2024I posted this video on YouTube this morning: This is the transcript: I’ve been reading a quite interesting book. This is it – The Trading
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Would you like to see your GP, or know that the government is restricting your access using cast-iron fiscal rules?
Thursday, May 2nd, 2024One of the greatest source of disquiets about the NHS is not that there are long hospital waiting lists – although no-one is overly chuffed
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Dan Poulter MP’s defection to Labour looks like self preservation, cynical manoeuvring and keeping some doors just a little bit open
Sunday, April 28th, 2024Dan Poulter MP has resigned from the Tories, crossed the floor of the Commons, and joined Labour. Once upon a time this might have taken
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Rail nationalisation is a welcome step - but only the first step of many Labour will need to take
Thursday, April 25th, 2024Labour has said it plans to renationalise almost all of Britain’s railways. I welcome that. The simple fact that it is willing to acknowledge that
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Rishi Sunak is to blame for the inability of millions to work
Saturday, April 20th, 2024Rishi Sunak has launched am attack on what he calls ‘the sick note culture’. I am, quite frankly, appalled. Sunak is one of the richest
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We face a Labour meltdown after the election
Friday, April 12th, 2024I seriously wonder how long Labour has got before it has no choice but to wake up and smell the coffee. It would be incredibly
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