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An unfair Britain: Labour is failing on fairness
Read more: An unfair Britain: Labour is failing on fairnessUnder Labour, 900,000 more people are in deep poverty compared to 1997 and the gap in life expectancy is now the highest since the Victorian age. A person on £100 a week takes home just 6p for every…
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No 10 responds to the EU Referendum e-petition
Read more: No 10 responds to the EU Referendum e-petitionNo surprises: No government, Labour or Conservative, has ever held a referendum on an amending European treaty. Parliament remains the correct place for debate and decision on such treaties. read more | digg story
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Sharp US money supply contraction
Read more: Sharp US money supply contractionAn unprecedented fall in broad money growth in the USA makes for an unhappy set of economic indicators. read more | digg story
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A thing I never imagined I would see
Read more: A thing I never imagined I would seeA man slowing down and celebrating winning the Olympic 100m final, 15 metres before the finish, and yet setting a new world record. You wouldn’t believe it in a movie. read more | digg story
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“A-levels to be made harder as pass rate hits record high”
Read more: “A-levels to be made harder as pass rate hits record high”The Telegraph reports on efforts to make A-levels “harder”. My concern is that hard-working students and teachers too often have their work and achievements undermined by speculation about the quality of the system. Is the problem more fundamental?…
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A Bill of Rights?
Read more: A Bill of Rights?Expressing a radical perspective, Libertarian Alliance Director, Dr Sean Gabb, says: “The most fundamental right within the western liberal tradition is the right of individuals to be left alone in the enjoyment of life, liberty and justly-acquired property.…
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Paradise Lost
Read more: Paradise LostThis quote in a political text inspired me to read Paradise Lost: I give not Heav’n for lost. From this descent Celestial vertues rising, will appear More glorious and more dread than from no fall, And trust themselves…
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The failure of Soviet polyclinics
Read more: The failure of Soviet polyclinicsAccording to an illuminating article in the BMJ: Polyclinics were a centrepiece of the Soviet model of healthcare delivery, but many countries of Central and Eastern Europe have abandoned them over the past two decades in favour of…
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Michael Gove – campaigning for the best in state education
Read more: Michael Gove – campaigning for the best in state educationMichael Gove is one of the most inspiring men I have met, for his intellect, for his courtesy and for the sheer decency he brings to politics. Here he talks about education.