There are those among us – me included – who so dislike technocracy and technocrats in general that we would probably opt for populism, almost…
There are those among us – me included – who so dislike technocracy and technocrats in general that we would probably opt for populism, almost…
I tend to agree with Ben Rich last week, in his assessment of the new government, that – however much we may worry about the…
Brexit has been a long-term project, around 30 years, for a large chunk of the Conservative Party – now perhaps the dominant chunk of the…
I normally find myself in agreement with the NHS blogger Roy Lilley and last week – or perhaps it was last month – I especially…
This is a cautionary note for all those people taking Michael Gove’s speech about “The Privilege of Public Service” seriously. One of my favourite books…
In the time of cholera, which – despite Gabriel Garcia Marquez – I take to be the 1830s, there were riots in the back streets…
It’s a funny thing, but Michael Gove’s defence of Boris Johnson, following his damaging confusion about a British woman detained on holiday in Iran, gave…
One of the first policies enacted by the innovative New Zealand government of David Lange in the late 1980s was to remove all agricultural subsidies….