This post first appeared in the newsletter of the Australian Sensible Centre. The disconnect between the day-to-day business of our political institutions and the long…
This post first appeared in the newsletter of the Australian Sensible Centre. The disconnect between the day-to-day business of our political institutions and the long…
Government plans for billions of pounds of infrastructure investment intended to boost the UK economy post-Covid are being jeopardised by a ‘Tickbox culture’ in procurement…
‘Tickbox culture’ threatens post-covid infrastructure investment plans is our verdict in this report, produced in partnership with leading engineering project management consultancy, Gleeds. The report,…
My brother-in-law appears to be becoming some kind of bellwether of British electoral politics – he has voted at least four ways to my certain…
In about 1600, the privy counsellors and courtiers of Elizabeth I fretted about the succession, as the Queen had failed to confirm her heir. Machinations…
There is no doubt that – rightly or wrongly – we are feeling let down by our leaders these days, whether it is for their…
There are two kinds of politics – there is Politics with a big P, which means the strict politics of party and there is small…
Whilst it is not the entire story, the Liberal Party declined between 1914 and 1945, partly because those elements of liberalism that stress the primacy…
The last time I indicated some of what I am suggesting in this post, it earned me two emails rapping me on the knuckles for…
When I first joined the Liberal Party (1979), and particularly when I started going to their assemblies (1982), the television cameras used to linger on…
Thanks to everyone who submitted suggestions for our Blueprint for Government. The contributions picked up two areas we’d neglected. The first has been all over…