There can be no doubt that the Department of Health is in serious political trouble over its reforms. How it got there is a mystery. The broad thrust of the new ideas are right. Detail can be adjusted. The Bill is half way through Parliament. Yet opposition grows, Milliband grows more strident, Lib Dems are […]
Neither of these two items of good news was expected. Both, probably, will be reversed in the coming months before settling into a downward trend, so not too much should be read into these pieces of welcome data. Nevertheless they do show that things are not going in the direction of the borrow more now brigade of […]
Another straw in the wind of industrial re-generation is the restoration of car assembly at Longbridge, iconic birthplace of Austin cars and last surviving component of the home- grown British motor industry, until the final marque, MG, went bust in controversial circumstances six years ago. The wreckage was bought by China’s largest motor manufacturer and […]