RSS FeedCorby: All Eyes on Ed | 09/08/12
As Ed Miliband gears up to launch the Corby by-election campaign with candidate Andy Sawford this afternoon, all eyes will be on Labour Party to see how they frame the debate in this key marginal seat. ...Read More
A Tentative Green Light for Low Carbon Investment | 25/07/12
As summer finally arrives in London, the heat seems to have affected some more than others. Namely, the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne and the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Ed Davey who have recently been embroiled in an argument over energy reform in the UK....Read More
The beginning of the end for the Health & Social Care Bill? | 10/02/12
Later this year my younger brother will complete his degree in medicine. At the same time, in a wonderful moment of symmetry, our father will retire from the NHS after 35 years. ...Read More
Private v. Public in the NHS – isn’t it time the debate grew up? | 28/12/11
Yesterday’s reports that a recently proposed amendment to the Health & Social Care Bill could see National Health Service foundation hospitals allowed to raise nearly half of their funding through private work have generated predictably stormy responses....Read More
Did Cameron achieve what he wanted at the Conservative Party Conference? | 19/10/11
Despite the drama of Liam Fox’s resignation, which will soon be a forgotten story (a week is a long time in politics), I think it is fair to say that David Cameron and his Team will be happy with the outcome from the Party Conference season. ...Read More
Normal service is resumed | 16/08/11
The dust has settled, quite literally, on the English cities that experienced rioting over the last week. However, we are now once again seeing clashes of a different kind, and it’s back to business as usual in the perpetual struggle of Opposition vs. Government. ...Read More
From London and Proud | 11/08/11
London is the beacon city for diversity. We celebrate young and old and welcome cultures from all over the globe. It is this London that won Britain’s Olympic bid, this London that bounced back in the face of 7/7, and it is this London that will continue to thrive in the face of the recent spate of devastating riots....Read More
Happy Anniversary Mr Speaker! | 23/06/11
Yesterday marked the second anniversary John Bercow’s election as Speaker of the House of Commons, an event which, as Mrs Bercow revealed on Twitter, prompted their children into buying their father an ‘I am 2’ badge....Read More
Will the Coalition Stay the Course – I am for the first time not so sure | 27/04/11
I am increasingly revisiting my, hitherto cast iron, certainty on whether the Coalition will make it until the end of this Parliament....Read More
The AV campaigns: Politicking at its worst | 21/04/11
Despite promises to “fix our broken political system” in the wake of the expenses scandal, the conduct of the respective AV campaigns has shown that for all the fine words, little progress has been made....Read More
