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Burnham is less 'same-same but different' - as same same same
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (1162+ words) I was in Thailand twenty five years ago when I first came across one of my favourite phrases. My mum, a teacher, had taken a role in private school in Bangkok and moved out there with my stepfather and brother....
Like most other recent PMs, Sunak got to the top without serving a proper apprenticeship
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (1222+ words) Sunak at 10: The Last Conservative Prime Minister? by Anthony Seldon and Tom Egerton This book makes one think the better of Rishi Sunak. We are reminded of his high gifts and honourable conduct. Here is a statesman who felt a…...
Kimberley Harmer: Escaping domestic violence people can get out and the bruises fade - but the words don't
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (1524+ words) Kimberley Harmer is CDG national Deputy chairman, CPF Regional Ambassador for Humber and Yorkshire, Senior Caseworker for Charlie Dewhirst MP. and a VAWG & Gender Based violence Advisor. There is a sentence that many survivors of domestic abuse understand instinctively: “The…...
PMQs - Badenoch and Burnham clash over defence spending, again, with point scoring back on both sides
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (71+ words) The Prime Minister outlined 'the Labour way' of funding defence, the Leader of the Opposition told him not only was he wrong, but he simply doesn't know where he's getting the money for any of his plans defence or otherwise....
Face it, if political sympathies decide who can and who can???t you???ll be unmasked as a hypocrite.
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (943+ words) I bet you the debate over face coverings masks a heap of hypocrisy. I’d wager a couple of Yaxley- Lennons that ‘Danny Thomo’ – Tommy Robinson’s former body guard – and the crowd of balaclava clad men (it was almost entirely men)…...
Lord Ashcroft: Should we keep the triple lock, should (and will) taxes rise in the Budget, will Burnham try to rejoin the EU, what do we think of No10 North?
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (633+ words) Lord Ashcroft KCMG PC is an international businessman, philanthropist, author and pollster. For more information on his work, visit lordashcroft.com My latest poll looks in detail at the characters of the main parties and their leaders, whether people’s front…...
Matthew Jeffery: Imagine if Russia attacked Britain tomorrow morning
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (1508+ words) Matthew Jeffery is an experienced global talent and recruitment leader, with more than 25 years advising boards and C-suite executives on workforce strategy, skills, and productivity. At 3.17am, the emergency alert screams from every phone in your street, that hideous metallic wail…...
Stuart Carroll: Football???s financial rules protect a cartel??? Britain should set its greatest sporting asset free
1+ week, 1+ day ago (463+ words) Stuart Carroll is a health and policy expert working in life sciences for a leading pharma/biotech company specialising in vaccines and prevention and is a former cabinet member for adult social care, health, and children’s services. He is also…...
Andy Cook: Britain???s high streets have been hijacked??? here???s how we take them back
1+ week, 3+ day ago (429+ words) Andy Cook, is CEO of the Centre for Social Justice. This week we have become painfully aware of the lawlessness that is troubling many of Britain’s most neglected communities. In just a few days, Middlesbrough was plunged into terror, with…...
Rafe Fletcher: Conferred authority underlies Britain???s inertia
1+ week, 4+ day ago (403+ words) Rafe Fletcher is the founder of CWG. My grandfather was confused when I told him I was going to be a consultant. “But what are you consulting on?” He struggled to understand what wealth of wisdom a 22-year-old graduate had…...