That misses the point. The essential criticism - and it's the same one equally fairly levelled at the Thatcher governments (many of whose policies Blair/Brown adopted) - is that asset sales were… (View Post)

There's perhaps a very gradual movement in the opposite direction with the introduction of regional mayors ? And it ought to be acknowledged that the English Devolution and Community Empowerment… (View Post)

I don't think it quite so simple as that. Local government autonomy has arguably been in decline since WWII, a process considerably accelerated by the Thatcher governments. While it's true … (View Post)

"Now that doesn't mean he should have been killed but.." (View Post)

China is a huge market, and their development biotech sector is second only to the US. We have a historically extremely strong science base, but our biotech sector has been in relative decline for so… (View Post)