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I thought of calling this blog ‘The ceaseless quest to find out why people hate politicans’. I haven’t done so, mainly bec...

There is an awful lot of old nonsense written about the Health and Social Care Act. It is said that it was a mistake to put decision-makin...

I felt rather sorry for Emily Thornberry, whose innocuous tweet caused such a stir.  I wasn't sure if it was actually the sensitivitie...

The trouble with standing for election is that it gives you the potentially disturbing opportunity to see yourself as others see you.  You f...

I have a BFI copy of the classic Post Office film Night Mail , with the Britten-Auden collaboration that emerged as night mails crossing the...

Targets came from Jeremy Bentham, in a labyrinthine journey via Robert Macnamara and Key Performance Indicators. They purport to provide tr...

David Cameron chose to emphasis TTIP in his speech in Australia, explaining that the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership – its pr...