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Reflections on politics of the week (so far)
The new shadow cabinet, the future of aviation and the government's slow progress on ethics and integrity
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Eliot Wilson
Badenoch takes the Conservative helm
After a contest lasting more than three months, North West Essex MP Kemi Badenoch was elected the new leader of the Conservative and Unionist Party…
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Eliot Wilson
Sunday round-up 3 November 2024
Birthdays bumps (gently) for Michael Dukakis, Kenneth Baker and Lulu, 490 years since the First Act of Supremacy and the feast of St Rumbold of…
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Eliot Wilson
The Reeves prescription: Labour's first Budget
A short response to Wednesday's financial statement: background, context and some broad policy observations
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Eliot Wilson
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October 2024

Key appointments for the new Conservative leader (3)
Does the party need a deputy leader, and what role could and should they play? And how can a new leader deal with foreign affairs and defence policy?
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Eliot Wilson
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Budget leaks and briefings are out of hand
Successive governments have revealed the contents of forthcoming Budget statements to the media, it's always wrong and it needs to stop
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Eliot Wilson
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Reflections on politics of the week
Slavery reparations, accusations of fascism and a pre-Budget comms cock-up have kept commentators on their toes
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Eliot Wilson
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Sunday round-up 27 October 2024
The end is nigh! Of British Summertime, anyway; birthday wishes to John Cleese, A.N. Wilson, Francis Fukuyama and Glenn Hoddle, and St Abraham the…
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Eliot Wilson
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Workers of the world, unite!
If the Labour Party, of all organisations, cannot say what it means by "working people", there is something badly wrong with our political discourse
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Eliot Wilson
Key appointments for the new Conservative leader (2)
We are now in the last fortnight of the election for leader of the Conservative Party, with Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick head-to-head to take the…
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Eliot Wilson
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Reflections on politics of the week
A collection of issues which are worth drawing attention to: a minister falls foul of the Grenfell families; appeal to those eligible to vote for you…
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Eliot Wilson
Sunday round-up 20 October 2024
Imagine a party for Kamala Harris, Danny Boyle, Ian Rush and "Thunder Thumbs" Mark King: that's our birthday shindig, which Abu Musab al-Zarqawi will…
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Eliot Wilson
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