The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Silver Blaze is one of Conan-Doyle’s best-loved stories: Sherlock Holmes has to solve a killing and find a missing race-horse – and of course he does both. At one point […]
A Tale of Two Conferences
Last week was the Conservative Party Conference, CPC23. Or perhaps there were two different conferences: The official conference, run by Sunak’s team, whose objective was to rally the party […]
Sunak or Truss – Who Shirks Better?
Liz Truss was the UK’s shortest-serving Prime Minister. Just over one year ago in the wake of her disastrous mini-Budget and seeing the state of the polls, the Conservative Party […]
Condemning Younger Generations to an Old Age of Poverty
Thirteen long years of increasingly far-right policies have left the UK visibly broken: we have a cost-of-living crisis; our NHS is on its knees and our schools are crumbling; and […]
Tackling the National Emergency
In a moment of candour, while he was campaigning to become Leader of the Conservative Party, Sunak admitted that the state of the UK today constitutes a national emergency. He […]
The Dirty Dozen
After 13 years in power, this extremist version of the Conservative party has a clear track record – and on virtually every dimension it is poor. As a result, they […]
Talking to Our Neighbours
We all have at least one person we know well who has become despairing about the state and trajectory of the UK. And despair is no basis for change. […]
Killing the Hydra
Sometimes the challenges facing those of us who would like the UK to remain a civilised country with a functioning democracy and a strong social contract seem daunting. This article […]
Publicity for The Rational Policy-maker’s Guide to the NHS
Our report was published yesterday, after Tuesday’s launch in Parliament. Here is some of the media coverage: In Public Sector Focus Magazine On LBC In the Morning Star […]
Your chance to read The Rational Policy-Maker’s Guide to the NHS
After a successful launch and engaged discussion in Parliament this afternoon with a cross-party group of MPs and Peers, hosted by Richard Burgon MP, our hard-hitting new report is […]