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Politics - like economics - is cyclical. Parties go in and out of power and priorities change. Democracy is - by its very nature - short term. Planning projects that will complete more than five years ahead means potentially handing…
Following the CSR on Wednesday, it has become increasingly clear that the pressures that were already piling on local authorities up and down the country are going to get significantly worse. If - as the saying goes - all politics is local…
"Because we are serious about redistributing power, we will restore the balance between the government and Parliament" Conservative Party Manifesto 2010 When in opposition the Tories would routinely denounce Labour for failing to respect…
John Harris had a somewhat alarming piece in yesterday's Guardian claiming that young people were increasingly turning to the Tories. This claim on young people's voting intentions has been somewhat roundly debunked by Anthony Wells at UK…
This weekend, the National Policy Forum convened for the first time as a whole since this group was elected last year. Two years ago, that opening sentence might have been the start of a litany of complaint. But now, it absolutely is not…
I have become fascinated by Made in Chelsea. Not by the storylines or characters. I honest couldn’t care less if Binky is going out with Proudlock, or whether Ollie is gay or straight (or if the concept of bisexuality ever makes it to SW3)…
Another week, another Gove-led shake up of education. GCSEs are going to be “tougher” and more “rigorous” which are politician words not words that academics use about the reality of learning and teaching. Gove has a vision for what he…
I’m not always polite. When discussing issues with people I think are wrong, I don’t always keep my cool. I can be a hothead. I enjoy a good barney. Particularly online. What I try really hard not to do, is be rude to people whose job –…
We need to invent a new word for cynical. It just doesn’t seem strong enough to describe the breath taking audacity it takes for yesterday’s political manoeuvring by this scheming, desperate government. To take a situation where once again…
Life can come out and shock you. The events of yesterday are unimaginable. The family of the poor victim are in indescribable pain. Those who knew the men who have done these terrible things will also be suffering. They too are victims of…
Aged 8, I coined my basic political philosophy: Labour good, Tory bad, Liberal funny. Now obviously my political understanding has developed a certain amount of nuance since then. But I still find it hard to take the Lib Dems seriously. I…
The Tories are having a good week. Well not really, but they are having a better week than they’ve had for a long time, and the one thing they are absolutely excelling at in Government is expectation management. So yes, the Tories – under…
