The BBC, amongst others, has reported that “the Metropolitan Police has expressed “regret” over the arrests of six anti-monarchy protesters on Coronation day.” As they
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The next election might well turn out to feel a very long time from now
I offered a reaction to the local authority elections yesterday in which I pointed out the problems Labour faced. But let’s be honest, the party
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All I want is a future
I mentioned the despair of the young in my previous post. The words of this young woman seem to sum that up particularly well. Britain
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We should have the right to say no to monarchy
I share this unusually long quote from the Guardian because of its significance: Official warning letters have been sent to anti-monarchists planning peaceful protests at
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Bob Dylan spoke too soon: the time’s they aren’t a changin’
This is from the front page of the Telegraph this morning: So there we have someone who very obviously wishes to be prime minister of
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One word
It is not often I find reason to do a one word tweet. I did this morning: Twitter seems to like it. Sometimes less is
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The NHS in England is not being allowed to recruit new staff
The Health Service Journal reported yesterday that: NHS England has told many trusts and systems they are not allowed to increase their staffing establishment in
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We need a reformed apolitical civil service, not a politicised one
The Tories have reacted to the sacking of Dominic Raab by suggesting that we should have a politicised civil service in the UK. That would
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Raab is playing by the far-right rule book
Dominic Raab says he was forced out of office by ‘activist civil servants’. His former permanent secretary, speaking this morning, clearly disagrees. He said: I
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