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Tag Archives: Research
Policy Exchange: Stirring up cynicism
Most political news is about personality and politics rather than policy. At the moment that’s particularly true – the big stories of recent weeks have been about Brown’s behaviour, Lord Ashcroft, what the polls say. Next week promises more of the same … Continue reading
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Tagged Accountability, Commentators, Elections, Money, Morals, Re-engaging Voters, Research
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Policy Exchange: Safety in Numbers
The Department for Health did not have a good week last week. It started with hospitals being accused of putting patients’ lives at risk, for failing to comply with safety alerts issued by the National Patient Safety Agency. And it has … Continue reading
Posted in Public Services
Tagged Health, Localism, Post-Bureaucratic Age, Public services, Research
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Policy Exchange: Surface vs depth
The phoney election campaign continued last week. The media seems to have decided that the Tory “wobble” is over, after the launch of some pretty good posters and a warm media welcome for their policy announcement on cooperative public services. With their … Continue reading
Bright Blue: What are we educating for?
An audience of around eighty or so gathered at the British Library to listen to Dr Anthony Seldon, biographer of Tony Blair and Master of Wellington College, and Toby Young, author and Swedish-style free school activist, discuss Bright Blue’s second … Continue reading
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Tagged Education, Living in Britain, Research, Social Mobility
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Philip Blond: The arm’s length influencer
“Red Tory sounds nonsense, doesn’t it?” Phillip Blond, 1 April 2010. Last Thursday lunchtime I ignored the canteen’s carb busting offer of lasagne and chips, and wandered up to the RSA. Phillip Blond was on the second leg of his … Continue reading →