Category Archives: Political comment

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Received Truth

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I have been reading Andrew O’Hagan’s The Tower, on the Grenfell fire and its aftermath ( link here ) in the London Review of Books. It’s a remarkable piece of writing, from its description of events happening to some of the … Continue reading

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Technical Notes

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Last week a series of Technical Notices were released in a batch of twenty-five from the DExEU, just in time for the Bank Holiday weekend, purporting to set out what actions would need to be taken if there was a … Continue reading

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Setting the Scene

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September is just around the corner which, in terms of UK politics, means that conference season will shortly be upon us. Parliament returns on 4th September after the Summer recess, but goes into recess again for conferences from 13th September … Continue reading

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Austerity and Eminences – you heard it here first

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The governmental response to the suspend Article 50 petition isn’t the only ‘official’ document to land in my ‘inbox’ recently. One is an interesting academic paper, the other, by way of the Guardian, is an issue raised by an MP. ( … Continue reading

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Governmental Response… a play in one act

Dramatis personae Asif, a young, inexperienced Grade 7 who has drawn the short straw of drafting replies to governmental petitioners. Sir Peter, his boss, an older Senior Civil Servant. Scene; The Department for Exiting the European Union Asif; (knocks on … Continue reading