I have a lot of sympathy with this comment by Sunder Katwala, the general secretary of the Fabian Society, writing on the Labour Uncut blog: Labour
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This blog from SpinWatch is so importsant it needs quoting at length: GPs won’t have to turn to the private sector’ to help with commissioning
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It is really very difficult to fathom how stupid the Liberal Democrats are. As the Guardian reports: The Treasury will only support GP-led consortiums if
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Microsoft has bought Skype for $8.5 billion. I declare an interest: I use the products of both companies. And I declare another interest. I agree
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The Guardian reports: Teenagers from the wealthiest families would be able to pay for extra places at the most competitive universities under government proposals that
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The following letter was in the Church Times (the Church of England’s newspaper) a week or so ago (but I’ve just seen it): From the Revd Martin
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How come this chap was so wise so long ago?: “The disposition to admire, and almost to worship, the rich and the powerful and…neglect persons
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How prescient was this? The decadent international but individualistic capitalism in the hands of which we found ourselves after the war is not a success.
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I was asked one question on two separate occasions last week. It was “is tax a cost of business?” The answer is a resounding “no, it isn’t!”
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