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How the Conservative Cabinet is dominated by MPs from the south of England
January 13th, 2018 by Roger Darlington
“Theresa May’s cabinet has the most members from the home counties in more than two decades, with more than two-thirds of the most senior ministers representing seats in southern England. Only seven of the 22 full cabinet ministers represent constituencies in the Midlands or north of England. Those seven hold safe Tory shire seats that […]
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Why sadly we’ll have to wait at least another year for a Labour Government
December 29th, 2017 by Roger Darlington
“The problem is that there is an obstacle: the Fixed-term Parliaments Act. This 2011 law says that, in order for there to be an election, the government has to lose a confidence vote or the prime minister has to persuade two-thirds of MPs to vote for one. Both are possible in theory in 2018, but not […]
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Why the UK’s international aid is so important
December 20th, 2017 by Roger Darlington
“UK aid has already done so much to change the lives of the world’s poorest children. British aid has educated 11 million children in the last five years. The UK’s investment in immunisation in the same period ensured 67.1 million children were protected against preventable diseases. That’s more than the population of the UK. This […]
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And the mega rich just become richer and richer
December 15th, 2017 by Roger Darlington
The richest 1% of the global population took 27% of the world’s wealth growth between 1980 and 2016, while the richest of the rich increased their wealth by even more. The top 0.1% gained 13% of the world’s wealth, and the top 0.001% – about 76,000 people – collected 4% of all the new wealth […]
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It it time to consider an universal basic income?
November 23rd, 2017 by Roger Darlington
Nearly half of Britons would support giving all citizens a cash allowance, regardless of whether they were employed, according to a recent survey. Once considered a policy belonging firmly to the radical left, polling by the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Bath found that 49 per cent of 18 to 75-year-olds supported the […]
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Britain is no longer a Christian nation. Indeed more than half of the UK population has no religion.
November 8th, 2017 by Roger Darlington
According to the latest survey of religious belief among the British population conducted by British Social Attitudes, 53% of adults describe themselves as having no religion. In 1983, the figure was only 31% and the increase in the percentage is clear and consistent. The percentage is closely correlated with age. Currently, among 18-24 years old, […]
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Long overdue for Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs to tighten up seriously on tax avoidance
November 8th, 2017 by Roger Darlington
The ‘Paradise Papers’ are just the latest in a long line of tax scandals. The system, which is rigged to benefit the privileged few at the expense of everyone else, is broken. The impact on our public services of these corrupt practices, protected by a veil of secrecy, has been devastating. After seven years of […]
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The unequal distribution of wealth in modern Britain
October 26th, 2017 by Roger Darlington
Last week, the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) published the latest in a series of discussion papers for the IPPR Commission on Economic Justice. “Wealth in the twenty-first century: inequalities and drivers“, by Carys Roberts and Mat Lawrence, sets out the facts and trends on the distribution of wealth in the UK. Stark inequalities […]
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Why did the Conservatives lose the general election?
September 29th, 2017 by Roger Darlington
“The Conservatives would have won a 42-seat majority in June’s general election if they had secured the same level of support among minority ethnic Britons as they did among white voters, analysis has found.The report, by the British Future thinktank, identifies what it calls an “ethnic minority voting gap” that cost Theresa May 600,000 votes […]
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The one area where women always beat men
September 28th, 2017 by Roger Darlington
It’s called: living. In virtually every country in the world, women live longer than men. Centenarians are the fastest growing age group in the UK, with the number of 100-year-olds almost doubling over a 14-year period, According to the latest data from the Office for National Statistics. Although they make up a very small proportion […]
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