Part of the issue with passing down powers more locally is rarely does it attract high quality local non-partisan candidates. It too often becomes another place to put politicians who have failed els… (View Post)

No the Independent columnist. But Thinking Fast and Slow by Kahneman is an essential read about their work that eventually won them a Noble Prize. The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis is also an inte… (View Post)

Journalists getting very excitable about lobbying.... Wait a second. Lobbying registrar says that Allan's firm's clients include British Horseracing Authority - which, I recently revealed, was involv… (View Post)

The amount of non-payment of student loans from people moving abroad has long needed tackling. (View Post)

Ed Davey really is going for it these days.... https://x.com/SeminariumPeru/status/1988693257749200917?s=20 (View Post)