The Guardian reports this morning that: The health secretary, Wes Streeting, has ordered a clinical review of the diagnosis of mental health conditions, according to reports.
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Cambridge, 28 February 2026
Our event in Cambridge on 28 February 2026 is now open for booking. The link is here. Thank you if you decide to attend. Bookings
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Economic questions: the Thomas Hobbes Question
This is one of a series of posts that will ask what the most pertinent question raised by a prominent influencer of political economy might have been,
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What coalitions might work?
There was a comment on this blog on plausible coalitions I might partake in last night. There have also been many comments here on people’s
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The Survival of the Shameless
I listened to the first of the BBC Reith lectures for this year last night. The lecture was given by Dutch historian Rutger Bergman. The
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Is it time to abolish the OBR?
Is the Office for Budget Responsibility really protecting the UK economy, or enforcing austerity? I argue that the OBR was designed to remove democratic control
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