Category: Politics
Views and news on political issues from my own viewpoint
UK Politics and the manifestation of fear
Fear is a powerful electoral tool. For every voter who has tribal allegiances, there have
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“We all like to be beside the seaside”…or do we?
The English seaside was effectively destroyed as a destination for holidays with the emergence of
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Does Nanny know best? Nudge, not fudge, when it comes to regulation
Regulation. You either love it or hate it depending on whether you can live with
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Politics needs a Liberal party, but just maybe not the Lib Dems
I read the Oped this morning by Matthew Parris in The Times on Vince Cable
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Targets don’t make things better
The minister in Whitehall sets a target and expects it to be met, but no
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“A Mayor for all Londoners” — Whatever happened to that idea?
Mayor Khan told us he would be a “Mayor for all Londoners”. What we seem
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