Rupert Read reviews NHS plc by Allyson Pollock.
This book exposes the terrible damage being done to the NHS by New Labour's addiction to privatization.
I've
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): A good place to start before having apoplexy over Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury's discussion about Sharia law, is with Cranmer whose strong
Stuart Weir (Cambridge, Democratic Audit): They just don't get it. The Times reveals today that Jack Straw leaned on the Committee on Standards in Public Life, the so-
Jon Bright (London, OK): OurKingdom has joined forces with the new economics foundation and the de Borda institute to launch a unique, innovative trial of a consensus voting and conflict
Jon Bright (London, OK): This interesting chart from the ERS is worth drawing attention to (click on the image to be redirected to the full chart, in pdf form). It
Stuart Weir & Andrew Blick (Cambridge & London, Democratic Audit): Last week we noted that easing the ban on the use of domestic intercepted communications as evidence in open court
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): In an entertaining article in yesterday's FT, Maurice Saatchi reports on a new Ambassador just appointed to Britain who was last posted here ten
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Every MP (and Lib-Dem etc) but especially Labour should read this post by Iain Dale.
Cameron may not have been reading Stuart Weir in OK
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Fascinating post by Dizzy on being on a jury and what he thinks about the experience - verdict positive. He points out something I'd not
Anthony Barnett (London, OK): I've been blogging infrequently because after going to New York last week I changed my mind about Obama and wanted to work out what
Jon Bright (London, OK): Today is the 90th anniversary of women first winning the right to vote in the UK. This is from Katherine Rake at the Fawcett Society:
Ninety
Stuart Weir (Cambridge, Democratic Audit): I have long believed that we should all have a vote in the US Presidential elections. It is not just that the choice is too
