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Tag Archives: Government
Francis found a carpet after all
On Tuesday (21st May), Parliament broke up for its traditional Whitsun holiday. The MPs and Lords are due to reconvene on Monday 3rd June when around a 1000 legislators will be back at their desks ready to challenge the Government on its actions and … Continue reading
Some rather odd family values
One of my abiding memories from the spate of historic TV interviews shown following the death of Margaret Thatcher 10 days ago was of her speaking after she had left Downing Street, emphasizing how important her family had been to … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Conor Burns MP, Government, Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister, Ritz Hotel
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In defence of the indefensible
I am no apologist for any of the Ministers in the Government and support few of the coalitions policies. However, and despite flying in the face of the views of the 408,000 signatories to a recent petition including 100’s of personal friends, I feel obliged to pen a few … Continue reading
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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We all need a bit of Purdah
Purdah is a term that originally referred to the religious practice of separating men and women, in Islam, Hindu and other traditions. In those settings it is a matter of ceremonially cleanliness. However for most people the phrase would be familiar for that … Continue reading
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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We need a Troubled Government Programme
The Troubled Families Programme headed up by Louise Casey was established by the Government to coordinate services for families whose lives seem very chaotic and who require interventions from a range of different statutory organisations (eg Social Services, Housing, Health and often also the Police). … Continue reading
Small money is also toxic
In a recent Independent article journalist Andrew Grice interviewed Sir Christopher Kelly and discussed how money and other power levers are corrupting the political process. Entitled “Big money is poisoning British democracy, warns anti-sleaze watchdog” it focused on Westminster and the … Continue reading
We must remain united and unconquered
On Friday a summit was held in Liverpool which brought together civic and faith leaders to discuss how the combined group could work together to deal with the challenging financial settlement from Central Government. This approach is an excellent one, in the face … Continue reading
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