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By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted:
As the AV referendum campaign gets seriously under way the prime Minister has weighed in against AV. He said that “the principle of one person, one vote is what makes our democracy fair. AV flies in the face of that.” He went on to claim that AV can lead to getting the second best candidate elected […]
By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted:
David Cameron is starting to get something of a reputation for screeching hand-brake turns that leave observers, and many of his MPs, with their heads spinning.
By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted:
The level of self-organization exhibited by the Egyptian revolt has been stunning. The day after ousting Hosni Mubarak they turned up in Tahrir Square armed not with placards but brooms and paint brushes to clear the place up! Yet another example of the Egyptian Big Society in action.
By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted:
I heard the above from a demonstrator in Cairo, which I think encapsulates the spirit of the Egyptian revolution.
By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted:
The row that has erupted in Britain over the autonomy (or not) of the UK Supreme Court is an intriguing one. The President of the Court, Lord Phillips, has complained that the financial and administrative systems of the Court are too tied into the Ministry of Justice – for the full story see here – […]
By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted:
Complete transparency about anything Eric Pickles can think of that will grab a headline is the order of the day for local government. His latest wheeze is that any local government official earning more than £58,200 is to be named, individually, on-line.
By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted:
I have had lots of people interested in helping to expand Whitehall Watch, so I have set up an email list to enable us to stay in contact more easily.
By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted:
Pardon my ignorance, but I have been trying – and I confess failing – to try and get my head around a simple question: who owns (or rather will own) GP consortia? The legal status of these bodies may seem a bit pedantic, but it could have a fundamental affect on the dynamics of the […]
By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted:
see great post over on FlipChartFairyTales…..
By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted:
Andy Coulson may have gone, but the evidence of the spin-s dark arts at work permeates the Coalition government’s strategy. Before the election both Tories and Liberal Democrats made much of the fact they were going to be open and honest with voters about the effects of the cuts they were proposing (as opposed to […]