Surprisingly, one of the critical issues leading to Starmer’s resignation was a disagreement within the cabinet about the defence budget and strategy. I have persistently argued that Labour’s defence party strategy was aimed at defending labour’s right against his left rather than the country against any threats. The government has now published what they call…
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I am trying to draft an NPF reference back on Immigration.
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A number of Green led councils are having problems fulfilling their promises, on housing, and disinvestment. Lewisham Greens manifesto is published here, and I have made a mirror. It is also available on the wayback machine, as is the its landing page. The final line on the manifesto web page is, Lewisham already has everything…
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One of the issues I rarely consider when looking at democratic reform is term limits, although I am in favour of them for Mayors. I found this paper, Term limits in parliamentary mandates – Democratic renewal or disruption? published by the European Parliament. I note that they are more common in Presidential republics, as in…
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The key responsibilities in Government for IT delivery, and AI have moved, swapped even; regulation remains at DDCMS.
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This needs to be checked off my list, my Portugal stay was business only.
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