Tag Archives: worklessness

Let my people come: Gordon Brown, New Labour and the non-mystery of immigration

By , Wednesday, 24 November 2010, 5 Comments

Immigration’s sorted then. Phew, that was easy. “Just say ‘No’” was the effective Tory policy at the election (though following yesterday’s government equivocations on “capping”, “Just say ‘Maybe’” is more accurate). Read more »

Spending review got it radically wrong

By , Monday, 8 November 2010, Be the first to comment

Well, at least it was radical. The Comprehensive Spending Review, that is. Unthought through, inadequately evidenced and bereft of any notion of actions having consequences. But it was radical. Read more »

To reform is not to wreck: Reforms we can all agree on

By , Saturday, 28 August 2010, 9 Comments

Although I come from a Welsh family as politically tribal as the Borgias – with a preference on balance for merely verbal lashings over outright murder – I am capable of lifting myself above party conflicts to take a more elevated view. And I’m pompous with it. Read more »

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