The key to real economic growth is in the supply-side
Politics – and there must be a clichéd quotation to accompany this – moves very quickly. Rewind ten months, to a time not mired by double dip recession, and we see an impressive David Cameron at the...
View ArticleIs the Meritocratic Ideal still alive?
It was in 600 BC that the Chinese philosopher Confucius invented the notion that “those who govern should do so because of merit, not of inherited status.” Thousands of years later, we live in a...
View ArticleGove faces his biggest test
I’m sure you’ve all heard it: that typical, old-school teacher moan. “Back in my day”, is the usual opener, “exams used to be much harder”. The concept of grade inflation has been troubling the nation...
View ArticleReflections on the Conservative Party Conference
The juxtaposition of Birmingham’s inebriated ‘Freshers’ and drab Tory politicos was the setting for this year’s Conservative Party Conference. In fact, this served as quite a good reflection of the...
View ArticleThe living wage is not the answer
Something struck me whilst watching the US election. Despite Obama – as a Democrat – being generally collectivist and conscious of the hard-pressed in society (you can’t call them poor), the American...
View ArticleOn the ground in India: The largest democracy in the World
“Political Science?!” replied my grandfather, bemused, when I tried to explain to him what I would be studying at university. Notwithstanding my own quiet satisfaction at having secured a place to read...
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