[PDF file]: […] Lansley: ‘Instead, the pro-inequality model of political economy, dysfunctional as it has been, proved remarkably resilient.’ How and why has this happened in the 21st century under Labour, Coalition and Conservative governments? Lansley says the key explanation for Britain’s high poverty rate lies in profound economic and social shifts. These include the speed of […]
[PDF file]: […] on the Hollis matter in March 1981 was a lie. In those days lying to the Commons might have been a resigning issue. But since the leading Labour politicians of the time were afraid to go near any security issues, the Thatcher-Armstrong strategy wasn’t necessary. There is a wonderful German word, verschlimmbesserung, which means […]
[PDF file]: […] the necessary pantomimes to rubberstamp decisions taken in Whitehall. On the other hand, this was 1984: the Thatcher regime was still being challenged by the left; the Labour Party had not then embraced the ‘Washington consensus’; the American banks had not completed their take-over of British economic thinking; the Cold War had been revived […]
[PDF file]: […] started – as a major mistake. Lennox-Boyd, in turn, was a close political ally of Churchill. In another twist Ann Fleming was also having an affair with Labour Party leader Hugh Gaitskell (whom Eden personally disliked). Fleming’s property in Jamaica was not particularly well appointed and was somewhat isolated. During Eden’s stay at the […]
[PDF file]: […] who is keen on the dialling down? Who has said that this or that cannot be achieved? Perhaps a recent article in openDemocracy, ‘Lovebombed by lobbyists: How Labour became the party of Big Business’, will provide a few clues.1 What dialling-down Centrism implies is precisely the reason people search for alternatives. Centrism is an […]
[PDF file]: […] Is it a coincidence that marginalism11 in economics and progressivism (in civilian and military forms) emerged as management ideologies at the same time slavery was abolished and labour unions were becoming a serious threat to the order of things? Another colloquial abuse is the term ‘Marshall Plan’. Generally this term is loaded with positive […]
[…] country in the world.7 In reality, depending on how this is measured, we are about 17th. I caught the tail end of an interview with a female Labour MP on Times Radio in early September. Alas I didn’t catch her name but she repeated this canard. It does seem to be people on the […]
[PDF file]: […] followed, with a ‘stage-managed confession’ to the world’s media a month later; then, in mid-March 2016, the guilty verdict and sentence to 15 years imprisonment and hard labour. The Atlantic gives a decent summary of New slogans are issued by the NK government each year and the literal translations into English make them sound […]
[PDF file]: […] the safety culture on sites. Building work is intrinsically dangerous; many are killed and injured. Improving safety regimes means working more carefully and slowly, and this increases labour costs. The picture that emerges of the construction industry in the UK in recent years is that of ruthless companies, for whom injuries to and deaths […]
