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Anthony Painter

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The Condition of Britain report lives up to the hype

Anthony Painter
19 June, 2014

Labour and IPPR’s Condition of Britain report is practical, well thought through, implementable and costed.

Here’s to Reagan: his kind light up our political world

Anthony Painter
4 July, 2011

Anthony Painter pays tribute to Ronald Reagan; though a right-winger, one can admire him as a leader if not admire him for his politics.

When governments act in haste, there’s more chance of policy errors occurring

Anthony Painter
17 February, 2011

There are some government policies that no matter what angle they are viewed from do not seem to make sense, writes Anthony Painter.

Axing EMA is not a tough choice – it’s a stupid one

Anthony Painter
19 January, 2011

It’s not the tough choices that need to be evaded, it’s the stupid ones – and axing Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) falls right into that category.

Labour wins when it is the future

Anthony Painter
22 December, 2010

2011 must be the year Labour realises the scale of its electoral, political, and philosophical defeat and finally articulates a different future.

IFS shoots coalition’s deadweight EMA cuts argument to pieces

Anthony Painter
15 December, 2010

Using a new fangled technique the IFS yesterday finally shot to pieces the coalition’s arguments in favour of abolishing Education Maintenance Allowance.

The real nature of the EMA debate

Anthony Painter
9 December, 2010

Anthony Painter examines the truth behind the numbers in the Educational Maintenance Allowance debate.

Peter Watt is wrong: Labour needs its members

Anthony Painter
30 September, 2010

Peter Watt’s insistence that Labour should stop attempting to recruit members is wrong. The success of local models of party organisation, in Birmingham, Oxford and Gedling is proof of this.

Has the G20 done enough to avoid another “oh, my god” moment?

Anthony Painter
25 September, 2009

In an absolutely fascinating reconstruction of the events that led to the near collapse of the global financial system last September, the New Yorker’s James B Stewart describes an extraordinary exchange between the Bank of America’s Christopher Flowers and Hank … Continued

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