politics

With changes in the world, the media landscape also changes. There are shifts in particular outlets and new outlets emerge. In this changing landscape, we need a few tools and guide posts for what will be a lively ride in 2023. In 2022 I offered a “feast of new reading” in two parts, here and Continue reading »

Despite the impression many seem to have of me, I live life in a generally optimistic mood, and enjoy much of it a great deal.
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Mark Northfield shared his new composition for 2023 with me, so I am doing the same with you, with his permission:

Those of us who fought hard against the Health and Social Care Act of 2012 (and I did, most especially on Twitter) always knew the
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I shared this thread on Twitter this morning: I wrote a blog post yesterday that was surprisingly popular. Based on observation of behaviour witnessed during
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I shared this Twitter thread on that site this morning and will be discussing it on the Jeremy Vine Show on BBC Radio 2 at
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I just posted these comments on Twitter having watched Sunak speak to the nation on his 'vision':  

Rishi Sunak clearly thinks that people in the UK are more worried about the 40,000 or so people a year trying to get here in
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I watched Keir Starmer give his 'vision speech' this morning. My initial reactions were tweeted as follows: The sound quality throughout this broadcast was dire:
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