The NHS policies of the two main parties: essentially the same
The people working on the NHS frontline might not be perfect, but they are in a better position to know what’s what than ministers and officials.
Edited by Peter Franklin
Open-plan offices and the conspiracy against silence
It’s as if those who rule us can’t bear to hear their own thoughts
The two women fighting over the future of Europe
Angela Merkel versus Marine Le Pen.
Why Ian Birrell is almost right about a possible Lab-Con ‘coalition’
If Labour comes first and Ed Miliband becomes Prime Minister, then something approaching Birrell’s scenario could unfold
Don’t be annoyed by Xmas
Christ is in Xmas. Indeed, X marks the spot.
To promote innovation, growth and capitalism the state must stop protecting the rich
Innovation needs people who are willing and able to risk their money
There is no such thing as ethical torture
By its very nature, torture escalates – not just in its variety and intensity, but in the number of people drawn into its embrace
Heresy of the week: We should stop trying to ‘solve’ policy problems
Genuine thinkers in British politics have a rough time of it – dismissed as mavericks or, if they’re really unlucky, temporarily co-opted as purveyors of the latest ‘big idea’
Where to stick all those extra houses we need: a provocative suggestion
Despite being a large and important city, London is not an especially dense one
If you thought the first Greek debt crisis was exciting, then get ready for Greece 2
The hard left SYRIZA alliance is now poised to win the next Greek general election
The world’s most important price war
It’s shale versus the Saudis in a fight for survival
Social democrats should blame social liberalism, not neo-liberalism, for their demise
The weakening of the marriage-based nuclear family has torn our social fabric to shreds.
Heresy of the week: Britain’s most inclusive institution is the church
Whether in terms of ethnicity, class, education, age group or physical and mental norms, we are not, in practice, the integrated nation that we think we are
The torture still taking place in American prisons
Official reports estimate that around 200,000 men, women and juveniles are sexually assaulted in American prisons every year
International development: What’s the big idea?
The danger of ‘big ideas’ in international development is that, sustained by external resources, they can grow unchecked by reality
