Power to the platforms.
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David Cameron’s work for Greensill highlights just some of the problems with current UK regulation on lobbying
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Supply chain finance is now in jeopardy.
People power in Totnes.
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The UK government has been trying to hand planning power over to local people for 50 years – but research reveals it has fallen far short of its goals.
‘Is he here yet?’
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As former director of the US Information Agency, Edward R. Murrow, once put it, presidential travel should be treated as a ‘weapon’ to influence popular opinion.
David Cameron did not expect to lose the Brexit referendum.
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They can be summed up, thus: ignore your people at your peril.
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No one is saying she has done a stellar job, but other prime ministers have made mistakes like May.
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It’s easy, now, to think of this as Theresa May’s story – but Thatcher, Blair and Cameron all played their part.
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The prime minister will be the key protagonist in Brexit the movie, but there are parts for everyone.
Tally ho!
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The idea that welfare cuts galvanised Vote Leave risks identifying the wrong culprit.
Donald Trump’s attitude to Justin Trudeau has raised eyebrows around the world.
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The world is up in arms about many politicians’ increasing rudeness. Are we right to be so perturbed?
Should I stay or should I go?
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The Conservative party is so divided over Brexit that it may never recover. How ironic that it was the policies of the Cameron government that brought it about.
Did David Cameron’s ‘Big Society’ plan work to get more people into volunteering?
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New analysis shows government policies to encourage people to volunteer has little impact.
Man the lifeboats!
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The new coalition’s spending plans will ramp up Italy’s annual budget by over €100 billion a year.
This is a potent slogan, although there is a deeply conservative undertone to the idea that love always requires marriage.
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The marriage equality movement could still back the plebiscite on condition that its results are binding.
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There’s a good reason why Tony Blair and David Cameron were keen to boast about their footballing allegiances – Theresa May should take note.
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One of David Cameron’s more tangible legacies is in danger as the UK rushes to secure trading partners around the globe.
Justice and Divine Vengeance Pursuing Crime – although the Nemesis of today will likely come with fewer wings.
Pierre-Paul Prud’hon
The Greek myths teach that pride comes before a fall – something that our leaders, filled with hubris, rarely see before it’s too late.
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The World Economic Forum draws a straight line from social injustice to many of the risks facing the world in 2017.
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There appears to be a revolving door between Rupert Murdoch’s papers and the Conservative Party.
Nobody feels bad for you David.
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We know what the politicians think about the experts – but what do the experts think of them?