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More ‘West Wing’ & less ‘The Thick Of It’ please…..
Anyone who’s ever watched ‘The West Wing’ knows it’s only fiction, but wishes it wasn’t. It’s a glowing picture of how government ought to work. But as the never-ending fallout from Peter Mandelson’s appointment as ambassador to the US shows, the reality is often…
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John interviewed by Young Conservative Network
Great fun covering everything from Honours Reforms to why Kemi (probably) supports Small State Conservatives too……
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Getting Britain Off The Benefits Treadmill
This week saw Labour’s key benefits reforms come into force. Ministers and their outriders in the press and social media have been arguing that measures like abolishing the two-child benefit cap will cut poverty. But everybody else sees people who work paying…
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How ‘Patient Power’ could transform the NHS
Every so often, in up-and-coming neighbourhoods full of progressive metropolitan types, a group of community-minded idealists will set up a restaurant where diners pay what they feel their meal is really worth, rather than anything as capitalist or bourgeois as…
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How To Save The Water Industry
Dry taps and bottled water for customers of South East Water in Tunbridge Wells, Thames Water going bankrupt in slow motion, spiralling bills across the rest of the country and to cap it all, fat cat pay and bonuses for…
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Even the Prime Minister is frustrated by red tape….
Sir Keir Starmer isn’t the first Prime Minister to be frustrated by red tape costs and delays , but he could be the last if he picks up the Centre’s ‘Slashing Red Tape’ proposals to solve the problem. Let’s see…..!
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John’s interview for the Popular Conservatives podcast
The Popular Conservatives are a new & fast-growing part of UK centre-right politics who, like us at the Centre for Small-State Conservatives, favour a smaller & more efficient state. So when they invited John to appear on their ‘PopConversation’ podcast,…
