Tag Archives: ideology
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Why Carillion may be the final death knell for an entire economic model
5January 22, 2018 by Paul Goldsmith
You know someone’s lost the argument by the arguments they use. In this political age it is either when they …
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So, are Tories wicked, wrong, or neither?
2July 3, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
In a very interesting article in the Sunday Times, Dominic Lawson opens with a tweet from Marcus Chown, who has …
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The Conservatives need to step back and think again about their future leader
2June 26, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
There’s something going a bit wrong with the discussions taking place around the leadership of the Conservative Party. People are …
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Explaining the direct line from ‘contracting out’ to the Grenfell Tower disaster
2June 19, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
In 2015 a £10m project was started to refurbish Grenfell Tower. Last week the the Tower burned down, killing an …
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If Jeremy Corbyn moves the Overton Window, it’s good for democracy
Leave a commentMay 14, 2017 by Paul Goldsmith
Over the next week, the party manifestos are going to be published (or in Labour’s case the second, agreed …
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UKIP: The first hundred days – lazy, ignorant and vacuous broadcasting
2February 20, 2015 by Paul Goldsmith
About 6 years’ ago, whilst on playground duty, I was approached by a year 11 (equivalent to a fifth former …
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The ‘Family Test’ – can anyone really argue with it?
Leave a commentNovember 15, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
Conservatives, and by that I mean those who hold the ideological beliefs, not just those who are members of the …
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Iraq shows what happens when democracy is overrun by the Tyranny of the majority
Leave a commentJune 23, 2014 by Paul Goldsmith
As the situation in Iraq escalates, it is useful to see what we can learn about how it has come …
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