Amidst the chaos of Boris Johnson’s government, it’s easy to lose sight of the fact that some of the reasons for the current crisis were caused by Theresa May’s handling of the negotiations. For two years, the former Prime Minister restricted the ability of MPs to contribute to the Brexit plan and instead appeared determined… Continue reading >
He may not have been successful in a bid to become the next leader of the Conservative party and Prime Minister, but it would be impossible not to recognise Rory Stewart as the candidate who has gained more than any other during the campaign. As so often stated, Stewart began his leadership campaign as the… Continue reading >
If one thing is clear from the results of last night’s general election, it’s that politicians still haven’t realised that they cannot use their positions of power to do whatever they like, and that they are ultimately held to account by the electorate. The Liberal Democrats learnt the hard way in 2015 when, following their… Continue reading >
The government’s controversial Health and Social Care bill has passed all of the political obstacles in its way, and is set to become law within the next month. The whole process which has been involved in getting the bill through has given much insight into the level of power held by our politicians – power… Continue reading >
On the subject of the National Health Service, which is attracting greater media coverage as the government’s reforms near their most crucial stage, I read last night of a senior health professional who is facing disciplinary action for publicly adding his voice to the wave of criticism over the bill. Presumably the concerns of the… Continue reading >
As David Cameron holds a special summit at Downing Street today, there are fewer signs than ever that this is a government prepared to listen. Following initial criticism of the plans for widespread NHS reform, a high profile “listening exercise” was conducted between April and July of last year in order to address some of… Continue reading >
As with any situation involving the unions, it’s always difficult to know who is telling the truth when there are two contradictory stories being told. Regarding the public sector pension scheme, which the government has made a number of changes to, we are told by the unions that the government haven’t been negotiating properly while… Continue reading >
The government’s ‘estimate’ that tomorrow’s strikes would cost Britain up to £500million was widely criticised by Union representatives. Danny Alexander came up with the amount, saying: “£500 million is a realistic worst-case estimate of the impact of this day of strike action on the economy, assuming that everyone the unions balloted goes on strike. That’s… Continue reading >
The recent news that the government has scrapped a news NHS IT system has unsurprisingly caused a lot of anger. Not anger caused as a result of abandoning a project which has been doomed to fail for some time, but anger at the amount of money thrown away on the scheme already. Of the £12bn… Continue reading >