Brexit or not we're going to have migration. It's time the government said so
Monday, January 9th, 2017Theresa May appeared to suggest yesterday that leaving the EU single market was a price worth paying for migration control. I am not at this
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Why use Twitter?
Monday, January 9th, 2017Twitter doesn’t always get a good press amongst commentators on this blog. It is my impression that it is, in general, less in favour now
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Today's NHS tweets
Saturday, January 7th, 2017I have not used Twitter much of late. For some reason I woke up in the mood to do so today. These are some of
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Events, dear boy, events
Thursday, January 5th, 2017It is commonplace to think that there is nothing that will prevent a Conservative election win in 202o now. I disagree. There are, as Macmillan
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Shattering the government's veneer of credibility
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2017The Fabian Society is apparently warning today that Labour faces the prospect of falling to having no more than 150 MPs in a future parliament.
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Twenty five questions for 2017
Tuesday, December 27th, 2016I tend to do a little preparation for most things I do. Here are some questions I thought of for use in 2017. Have you seen
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A note to Jeremy Hunt on misjudgement
Wednesday, November 30th, 2016The Guardian reported this afternoon that Jeremy Hunt said today: I did think it was a misjudgment for NHS Providers, less than a year after
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Demanding a passport for health care creates a new tax on those least able to pay
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2016The Guardian reports this morning that: Patients could be told to bring two forms of identification including a passport to hospital to prove they are
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Tax is a good thing. Please say it, often.
Sunday, October 30th, 2016I had what I consider to be quite a lot of fun talking to a packed audience in Edinburgh yesterday on the subject of tax
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