I recently had the privilege of speaking to students at the School of Politics and International Studies at the University of Leeds, who had invited me back to talk about my reflections on politics and lobbying since I graduated from there several years ago....Read More
Psephology, the scientific analysis of elections, is often viewed as an intellectual folly, with very little practical impact on the ground....Read More
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
This week the Evening Standard published a poll by Comres which showed that 46% of Londoners would back Ken Livingstone in his bid to once again become Mayor of London, while 44% would vote for incumbent Mayor Boris Johnson. ...Read More
Energised by a dose of caffeine, the promise of a politically-galvanised crowd and a speakers list including Ed Balls, Chuka Umunna and Ken Livingstone, I set off on Saturday morning to attend the Annual Fabian Conference, titled The Economic Alternative. ...Read More
If we put aside the sniping from the usual suspects, is what we see emerging the beginnings of a cross party consensus around education? It would be refreshing and productive if it were. ...Read More
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
I was born in 1983. This was the year that Michael Foot’s Labour Party published a manifesto that would come to be known as the ‘longest suicide note in history.’...Read More
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
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