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Tag Archives: David Cameron
James, you Caan’t be serious
Listening to James Caan over the last few days on the Radio has been something of a revelation for people who know him for his appearances on dragons den. Firstly he suggested that society is being damaged by easy chances being given … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged David Cameron, Eton College, James Caan, Social mobility
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Lets hear the other side of the story
According to an article in Mondays Guardian, our MPs are an industrious bunch. On top of their annual MPs salary (£65,738) a number of our elected representatives earn significant sums from second jobs (unless of course they see their role as an MP as … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy
Tagged David Cameron, Francis Maude, Gordon Brown, Jack Straw, Voluntary Sector
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Get a grip or get off the front bench
In todays Telegraph Philip Hammond is interviewed and lays down a marker that he won’t allow the Chancellor to cut ‘his’ defence budget beyond moderate “efficiency savings” for the spending plans beyond the next general election. It seems a bit strange that any … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Cabinet, David Cameron, Defence, George Osborne, Government, Philip Hammond MP
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Education, Immigration, Economics
We know that the Cabinet and top tiers of our Civil Service reflect a background of great privilege compared to the majority of the population. Even before the previous Government’s relative success at widening access to our Universities, the higher … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Education
Tagged Cabinet, Civil Service, David Cameron, Government, Immigration, India, Prime Minister, Sir Andrew Green, Universities
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Love and Affection
The song by Joan Armatrading from 1976 opens with the lines “I am not in love But I’m open to persuasion“. According to a BBC news report David Cameron who no-one believes is in love with Nadine Dorries, has suggested she can … Continue reading
Very questionable independent scrutiny
For most people in Sussex, the Police & Crime Commissioner election on 15th November was either irrelevant or an offence. Nevertheless nearly 200,000 did vote and the end result was the election of Katy Bourne, the Conservative party candidate with 32% of the … Continue reading
What Fostergate tells us
This weekend many of us have heard disturbing reports that suggest that Rotherham Social Services have decided that a couple who have been providing long-term foster placements for three children are now unfit to foster these children due to the ethnicity of the children and as a result … Continue reading
Posted in Community Safety
Tagged BBC Radio 4, David Cameron, Denis MacShane, Ed Miliband, Michael Gove, Nigel Farage, Rotherham
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One reason to allow Prisoners to vote
The buzz of the day is the debate about prisoner voting, provoking mild hysteria from Parliamentarians whose stomach to discuss certain topics seems very fragile. My view is that prisoners should be allowed to vote, in part because I believe that … Continue reading
What a tangled web…….
Yesterday Francis Maude, the MP for Horsham and Minister for the Cabinet Office made the following statement in the House of Commons: “Guidance has today been issued to civil servants in UK departments on the principles which they should observe in … Continue reading
Why the many really should worry about the few
Or why we should all hope that Dave and George get together with Steve really soon. On the World at One (Radio 4) this lunchtime, Dame Stephanie Shirley (or Steve to many of her acquaintances) was interviewed in the ongoing … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Budget 2012, David Cameron, George Osborne, Gordon Brown, Steve Shirley
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