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Budget 2010 - Environment
Get ready for the Green Investment Bank
"...£2billion will only buy two-thirds of a nuclear power station and we cannot rely on private sector investment at a time when the economics of nuclear, wind and clean coal do not add up and the financial markets are still fragile. The Government really needs to drive this – as nobody else is in a position to do it.” No good news there then..."
When Universities Become Production Lines
Why streamlined higher education means quality left behind
Whatever Happened to Traditional Conservatism?
Guest contributor Michael Merrick takes on the shibboleths of progressivism
"...beyond the trendies in Islington, metropolitan ethics is rather less popular, and it can alienate..."
Rank Idiocy
The MyPolice fiasco suggests that speaking to the vision of a Big Society is more important now than ever before
The Single Father
Investigating a forgotten species
Philosophising the Big Society
Remarks from Chesterton on civic renewal
'Let us suppose we are confronted with a desperate thing — say Pimlico. If we think what is really best for Pimlico we shall find the thread of thought leads to the throne or the mystic and the arbitrary. It is not enough for a man to disapprove of Pimlico: in that case he will merely cut his throat or move to Chelsea. Nor, certainly, is it enough for a man to approve of Pimlico: for then it will remain Pimlico, which would be awful..."
Red Tory and Being Reasonable
Diary Stories: Friday 2nd April
Banning drugs is a political issue. Deal with it.
The fall out from Eric Carlin's resignation
Where do trade unions fit in the Big Society
Civil empowerment is an admirable ideal - but it may require a broader definition of civil
Economy is in flow, not scale
Professor John Seddon tackles the iniquities of the Gershon analysis
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- by Alan Riley 17
"...Too many Conservative commentators look back to the glory days of Baroness Thatcher and assume that all is required is a return to the eternal Thatcherite verities of sound money, low taxes, a strong defence, tough on Europe and tough on immigration to deliver a substantial Parliamentary majority.
This recipe did not work in 1997, 2001 and 2005, and only the more progressive message of David Cameron in 2010 delivered substantial gains, which despite being considerable left the Conservatives still short of an overall majority..." - by Asheem Singh 40
"...A small, social start up finds that its biggest competitor is the state it is trying to help. Not only that but the state attempts to crowd out its competitor by using the very same domain name. She would be entitled to ask: whose side are they on?..."
- by Phillip Blond 5
"...The existing First Past the Post (FPTP) system is creaking at the seams, it was defensible when the threshold for winning an election was around 45 per cent of the vote and the two parties that alternated in power could each rely on 40 per cent or more..."
