by Patrick O’Flynn | Dec 2, 2021 | Insight
Labour’s Nye Bevan came up with a brutally effective method to deal with doctors who opposed the setting up of the NHS in 1948, famously declaring: “I stuffed their mouths with gold.” More than 70 years later, it seems that turning on the money tap is still...
by Suzanne Evans | Nov 25, 2021 | Insight
It cannot be denied that the Prime Minister is having a very bad week. A row at the start of the week, after backing down on manifesto commitments no one would have to sell their home to pay for social care, and accusations his new solution will be unfair on poorer...
by Suzanne Evans | Nov 18, 2021 | Insight
A couple of weeks ago, I was unfortunate enough to fall foul of an LBC radio presenter who asked me on his show to respond to a Opinium poll that concluded 44% of Brits think Brexit is harming the UK economy. It turned out not to be an ‘interview’ as such, more of an...
by Patrick O’Flynn | Nov 9, 2021 | Insight
Who shall have the fishy, on the little dishy, who shall have the fishy, when the boat comes in? For those of us who grew up in the 1970s that refrain heralded another episode of an interminable BBC drama series starring James Bolam. These days the distribution of the...
by Patrick O’Flynn | Oct 27, 2021 | Insight
There is no universally agreed definition of what or who constitutes a national treasure. But most of us recognise one when we see one. And there is no denying that the actress and presenter Joanna Lumley sits securely within the elite level of British treasurehood....
by Suzanne Evans | Oct 21, 2021 | Insight
It’s clearly not just me who thinks “oh God, what now?” whenever a government press conference is announced. Yesterday, around lunchtime, Health Secretary Sajid Javid called one for later that afternoon. Travel stocks plunged immediately, and a damper descended across...
