Monthly Archives: August 2006

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1. The new Gilded Age: A liberal case for radical reform
2. Why aren’t the Liberal Democrats doing better?
3. All aboard the status quo: We don’t need a department for growth; we need a department for beyond growth.
4. Palestine and Israel: high time the UK stopped standing by
5. British, northern, not leaving

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Op-eds

• Penny for your thoughts?: Why we should have a singular Pound Sterling (Samuel Jackson)
• Scarcity and the Social Contract (Jack Carter)
• The rise and fall of Captain Hindsight (Iain Donaldson)
• Why aren’t the Liberal Democrats doing better? (Dimitri Roberto)
• The liberal case for the Employment Rights Act changes (Jack Meredith)

• A history trail in Mumbles
• The radical instability of The Once and Future King
• Boudicca the three-legged beaver is rewilding Rushden Lakes
• Mayor of Desborough called opponent a "prick" and a "sad wanker"
• The arrest of a 'Prince' shows that UK democracy is stronger than that of the USA
• A special request: my annual appeal
• Former Reform cabinet member in Leicestershire joins Restore
• Are Starmer's defence spending promises enough?

Recent Comments

• Tanya Park
  @Peter Martin Fair point on the framing, and thanks for the clarification. I think we're closer than the exchange suggested. The wealth levy is designed to crea...
• Iain Donaldson
  Michael, when it comes to Daisy's proposals to take the responsibility for economic growth out of the Treasury and into and new department of growth I am remind...
• Roland
  “ replace the Treasury with a Department of Growth tasked with promoting economic growth ‘ An obviously daft idea as any one who has been in business would...
• Jeff
  Tanya Park 20th Feb '26 - 7:51pm: @Jeff A wealth tax isn’t an income tax. I didn’t say it was. My key point is that the wealthiest people ...
• Peter Martin
  @ Tanya, " I’d respectfully part company with the view that taxation doesn’t fund government spending" Thanks for being respectful, but I...