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Sir Gus is right on taking risks – but it will take more than words to change Whitehall culture
Public service culture is becoming an important area of discussion, including on this website. Yesterday, writing in the Daily Telegraph, the outgoing Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O’Donnell said: “There is of course some cultural inertia to overcome…we must be more … Continue reading
Banging vs balance
Last night, David Cameron’s appearance before the 1922 committee was greeted with rapturous banging on desks. This is weird. Normal people do not do that. One of the disappointments I’ve had (it’s not a huge one in the wider scheme … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged Change, EU, Making a Difference, Modernisation, Narrative, Politics of And
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Where are the centrist Conservatives? They need to make their voices heard
There is hubris amongst many in the Conservative Party that since David Cameron’s elevation to the leadership that somehow battle to create (and maintain) a centrist Conservative Party has been won. Granted most of the key architects are now in … Continue reading
Posted in Party Politics
Tagged Centrism, Change, Mainstream Conservatism, Modernisation, Voters
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Mods, trads and why we’re all Conservatives
followed by followed by Then As I wrote in the Conservative Way Forward magazine during the party conference, ‘modernising’ (which is ugly shorthand and not something I would ever talk about in that way directly with voters) is not about … Continue reading
Posted in Party Politics
Tagged Change, Mainstream Conservatism, Making a Difference, Modernisation, Re-engaging Voters, What Next
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Luke’s World: It doesn’t have to be like this
Luke wants to be a vet. But you’ve heard him. He doesn’t think he’ll make it. He doesn’t know how to make it from where he is. He’s fatalistic – he thinks he’ll probably end up like his sister. There … Continue reading
Posted in Big Society
Tagged Big Society, Change, Legacy, Making a Difference, Social Mobility, Social responsibility, Society, Third Sector
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