10 September 2019

Save the intensity for later – we have an election to win

10 September 2019,
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When you want something too intensely, it’s often less likely to happen. In personal relationships intensity can drive people away. In politics, zealots alienate […]


20 August 2019

Land banking may not be ‘purely speculative’ but it is very lucrative

20 August 2019,
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If in difficulty, change the question. It’s an old political tactic but, as Philip Hammond reflects on his three years as Chancellor of the […]


Joe Biden 2020
21 May 2019

Biden’s narrative fails the Marks and Spencer test

21 May 2019,
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It doesn’t matter whether you are chocolate pudding or a would-be president, the product has to meet expectations. The Marks and Spencer ‘food porn’ […]


Corbyn Labour
14 March 2019

You can’t have public benefit without spending a penny

14 March 2019,
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It will probably be looked back on as one of the paradoxes of the Corbyn era that, in 2017, a leader who lacked a […]


29 November 2018

Give yourself and a friend a present for progress

29 November 2018,
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One of the best presents any of us could get for 2019 would be the guarantee of a Labour government committed to economic and […]


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