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Monthly Archives: January 2013
Jan 31 2013
Investing in UK prosperity: skills, infrastructure and innovation can get us out of the current stasis
2 CommentsTweet The latest GDP figures confirm that the UK economy has essentially been flat-lining for the five years since the financial crisis began. The UK’s inability to achieve sustainable growth is rooted in longer-term problems arising from a failure to … Continue reading
Posted by: January 31, 2013
Tagged with: austerity, growth, infrastructure, investment
Jan 30 2013
Is the Northern Ireland Peace Process Flagging?
2 CommentsTweet Recent disturbances in Belfast naturally invite questions as to how this is grounded in a longer history of conflict within Northern Ireland. Jim Hughes explains how the current social strife is deeply rooted in the past but is also a product of profound … Continue reading
Posted by: January 30, 2013
Tagged with: Belfast, identity, Northern Ireland, peace process, peacebuilding
Jan 30 2013
Accountability and transparency demand that Freedom of Information requirements should be an essential corollary of receiving public funding, throughout the whole of the NHS
1 CommentTweet Changing patterns of provision for public services can have serious implications for existing standards of public accountability, converting large swathes of previously open and published information into ‘commercially confidential’ material kept secret by for-profit companies. Grahame Morris MP argues … Continue reading
Posted by: January 30, 2013
Tagged with: accountability, Department of Health, Freedom of Information, NHS, public services, Virgin Care
Jan 30 2013
Baby steps won’t solve childcare crisis
1 CommentTweet A speech by the Children’s Minister Liz Truss and the publication of More Great Childcare represents the first step in a government shake-up of early years’ childcare regulation and quality. The proposals include relaxing the children to adult ratios … Continue reading
Posted by: January 30, 2013
Tagged with: childcare, families, liz truss
Jan 29 2013
Rather than pursuing a dogmatic view of an ‘ideal’ European Union, we should cultivate greater debate about the nature of Europe and our place within it.
Leave a commentTweet For many, Europe appears to be on an inevitable path towards greater integration and federalism, with the UK looking more and more for a way out of the EU. Simon Glendinning takes an in-depth look at the philosophical underpinnings of the … Continue reading
Posted by: January 29, 2013
Tagged with: eu, Europe, Hegel, Marx, philosophy
Jan 29 2013
There was more to George Galloway’s triumph in the Bradford West by-election than celebrity politics
1 CommentTweet The shock victory of George Galloway in last year’s Bradford West by-election provoked much media speculation as to its causes. Some pointed to Galloway’s alleged celebrated status, others suggested the campaign’s success was due to its innovative use of social media. Lewis Baston explains how … Continue reading
Posted by: January 29, 2013
Tagged with: Bradford, Bradford West, George Galloway, Respect
Jan 28 2013
The Prime Minister has the opportunity to lead on international development
1 CommentTweet While the coming year confronts the Prime Minister with many challenges, it also offers many opportunities to have a major impact on the international stage. Liam Crosby sets the challenge to the Prime Minister to take the agenda forward on international development … Continue reading
Posted by: January 28, 2013
Tagged with: aid, development
Jan 28 2013
David Cameron’s speech was about as pro-European as can be expected of a British Conservative Prime Minister in the current context
4 CommentsTweet On Wednesday, David Cameron delivered his long awaited speech on the UK’s relationship with Europe, guaranteeing a referendum on the country’s EU membership should his party win the next election. Simon Hix gives a critical reading of the speech, noting that … Continue reading
Posted by: January 28, 2013
Tagged with: Cameron, eu, eu referendum, Europe
