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Social care – an appeal
During a recent event on social care, Barbara Keeley MP, Chair, All Party Parliamentary Group for Social Care, addressed an audience saying that the issue of social care, particularly funding, was a k… more →
Though Cowards Flinch
Social care - an appeal
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wrote 1 week ago: During a recent event on social care, Barbara Keeley MP, Chair, All Party Parliamentary Group for So … more →
Beware of Polls
wrote 3 weeks ago: In the UTS School of Marketing there is a research centre called the Centre for the Study of Choice … more →
Policy 101
wrote 4 weeks ago: Perhaps it is my engineering background, but I feel most comfortable when attempting to come up with … more →
Voting in the Mayoral election
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wrote 4 weeks ago: A litter of Labour’s known online commentators have decided not to put Ken as their first opti … more →
Presentation
wrote 1 month ago: I hold a PhD in political science from Sciences Po Lyon, France (1997). After 2 years’ post-do … more →
Teachers say: all systems go to fight Tory cuts
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wrote 1 month ago: This government must be broken in two by concerted, massive and uncompromising strike action. Anyone … more →
Teachers say: all systems go to fight Tory cuts
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wrote 1 month ago: This government must be broken in two by concerted, massive and uncompromising strike action. Anyone … more →
USA vs England - who has the best local public health websites?
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wrote 2 months ago: A month ago I shared a platform with Ruth Hussey at an East Midlands Public Health event. One of the … more →
Galloway and Bradford West
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wrote 2 months ago: As disappointing as it may be to some long-time blogofriends, who really despise him, I am resolutel … more →
WBC: "We don't have to listen to you"
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wrote 2 months ago: Readers must be getting sick of me ranting on about bin bags, but as long as it’s still an iss … more →
The nanny state and the public good
wrote 2 months ago: I predict that the term ‘nanny state’ will be much bandied about in the run up to this year’s counci … more →
Planning Alerts: first fruits
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wrote 2 months ago: Well, that took a little longer than planned… [I won't go into the details, but suffice to say … more →
Planning Alerts: first fruits
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wrote 2 months ago: Well, that took a little longer than planned… [I won't go into the details, but suffice to say … more →
Good citizenship. What does it mean exactly?
wrote 2 months ago: This year, on September 8, we will all be called upon to do our ‘civic duty’ and vote to elect Mosma … more →
Mackie Lane Community Garden Opens
wrote 3 months ago: Yesterday was the official opening of Mosman’s first community garden. The Mackie lane site wa … more →
Healthwatch set up to fail?
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wrote 3 months ago: Two important documents have been published by the Department of Health which focus on the role of H … more →
Pickles to be the subject of all council prayers
wrote 3 months ago: The Department of Communities and Local Government has reacted strongly to a court judgment stating … more →
Strata--Both Kinds
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wrote 3 months ago: Maybe it’s the foodie in me, but with all the discussions and hearings lately about Strata Cor … more →
The Rape of Sibbo: Act II and Municipality Reform
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wrote 3 months ago: On 1 January 2009, much of the western parts of the municipality of Sibbo (Sipoo) was forcibly incor … more →
