June 2010
Enlightenment thinking can inspire ‘new politics’
Last night launched the new RSA strapline: 21st century enlightenment was launched, asking whether the Enlightenment principles can be reimagined for the present.
Green Alliance calls for end to aviation tax breaks
An analysis published this week by the Green Alliance and the Policy Studies Institute argues there would be economic, environmental and equity benefits if the Government got rid of aviation tax breaks.
Coalition’s NHS vision: diluting standards and incentivising profit
Health Secretary Lansley is pushing ahead with dilution of NHS universal standards and promoting risky plans giving GPs total budget control to buy all NHS care.
Fears for Scotland’s military bases
According to reports in this weekend’s edition of Scotland on Sunday, sources within the Ministry of Defence have confirmed that major RAF and army bases across Scotland face possible closure as part of budget cuts.
A Thatcherite horror sequel
When George Osborne delivers his first Budget on Tuesday, the re-run will be of the Thatcherism of the early 1980s. And, with much bigger cuts to public spending and no North Sea oil bonanza, it will be much worse.
Lamont’s lamentable borrowing blather
In today’s Daily Telegraph, former Chancellor Norman Lamont trots out the normal Conservative lines about “Labour’s legacy of borrowing” and […]