How Not to Run an Inquiry
The House of Lords Inquiry into Debt sustainability has just reported. This article explains our serious concerns about the methodology that Inquiry adopted and the findings of its report. The […]
Are We All Radicalised?
The recent riots, as we wrote last week, show that a small minority of the UK population has been radicalised – they are prepared to break the law, to commit […]
Stopping the Riots
This picture, from 7 August 2024, shows a small group of anti-immigrant ‘protesters’ on the far right, inside the police cordon, and a far larger group of anti-racist demonstrators in […]
Gold, Peas and Carrots
Can Labour deliver the promised decade of national renewal while following its Fiscal Rules? By Mark E Thomas and Vince Gomez. When he became Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt set out new […]
The War after the Battle
How the far-right may lose the battle, but still hope to win the war As many centre-right politicians and commentators have warned us, what used to be the Conservative Party […]
The Dirtiest Campaign So Far?
How the Right can Still Persuade Us to Vote for What We Do Not Want to See On 22 May, 2024, Sunak finally announced the date of the next General […]
Breaking Out of the Doom-loop
How What Seems Like a Minor Irritation is a Sign of a Serious Problem for Business and for the UK We have all had the experience of ringing a […]
What if We Shrug?
There are many arguments for taxing the extremely wealthy more. Perhaps the simplest is that while most normal people pay tax of up to 40% on their income (or more), […]
Operation Save Little Dog
When it was clear Johnson was on the way out, his allies launched Operation Save Big Dog. This article explores what we might call Operation Save Little Dog – […]
The Rational Policy-Maker’s Guide to the NHS at the Senedd
Following our successful launches at Westminster and Holyrood, this is an approximate transcript of the launch of The Rational Policy-maker’s Guide to the NHS at the Senedd in 17 April, […]