Is it too much to ask to be cared for to the end?
Sunday, April 30th, 2017I had to say goodbye to a friend yesterday. Medicine is not, of course an exact science, but two doctors confirmed my own suspicion that
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The need is for a politics of care
Tuesday, April 25th, 2017I confess to being worried. Everyone, Jeremy Corbyn included, knows Theresa May will have a bigger majority after the general election than she has now. Suggesrions
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Progressive Pulse: a new 'must read'
Tuesday, April 25th, 2017In February I suggested that those who commented regularly here were offering opinions that were far too well reasoned, and important, to be consigned to
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Under the smokescreen of Brexit Theresa May is pursuing class warfare
Sunday, April 23rd, 2017Theresa May says the election is about Brexit. Leading EU opinion says it will make no difference. I happen to think the EU negotiators are
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Is it fair?
Friday, April 21st, 2017The following comes from the Rev Pail Nicolson of Taxpayers against Poverty. He asked people to ask their candidates: Is it fair that: ​…​the regressive
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Happy new tax year
Thursday, April 6th, 2017I mean it. It’s 6 April. It’s the start of a new tax year. And tax is a good thing. So why not say ‘Happy
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Fantasies really do end: the only questions are how and when
Wednesday, April 5th, 2017I asked yesterday why it seemed that people weren’t listening at present. As is true of much of what I write here, the question was
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Sorry about your knee - but it's got to wait for Brexit
Friday, March 31st, 2017This morning there is news that the NHS is abandoning many of its patient commitments. We can apparently no longer afford them. Those awaiting non-essential
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Public opinion is not flowing the government's way
Friday, March 3rd, 2017The Ipsos MORI Issues Index for February 2017 is fascinating. Start with migration where concern is collapsing after the hype of the referendum: If that
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