A smart balancing act: Greece strengthening ties with Russia
Just before today’s deadline to pay back €430m (£330m) to the International Monetary Fund, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras made a highly controversial visit to Moscow yesterday. The press...
View ArticleHunt, Burnham and Lamb speak in harmony at the Health and Social Care Debate
Earlier this week, the Conservative’s Jeremy Hunt, Labour’s Andy Burnham, the Lib-Dem Norman Lamb and UKIP’s largely silent Julia Reid attended the Health and Social Care debate at the British Library....
View ArticleCommission migration proposal faces criticism but are there any alternatives?
The European Commission yesterday published its plan to address the complex issues of asylum seekers dying while attempting to cross the Mediterranean and the distribution of migrants across European...
View ArticleThe EU referendum question: does it make a difference?
“Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union?” As Downing Street just confirmed that this will be the question posed to voters in the EU referendum before tabling the bill, it...
View ArticleThe responsibility of civil society and corporations for public health
It is widely agreed that the NHS must change from an organisation that largely treats disease, to one which strives to prevent it. It is further agreed that prevention can best be facilitated in the...
View ArticleThis year of all years we need the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee
There is a cruel irony in the government’s decision to abolish the Political and Constitutional Reform Select Committee (PCRSC), the body responsible for holding the executive to account on democratic...
View ArticleIs the Greek bailout referendum a tactic in the blame game about a possible...
A crucial Eurogroup meeting last Saturday crushed hopes of a deal before tomorrow’s deadline to unlock the remaining €7.2bn of Greece’s bailout programme. This last tranche of funding would enable...
View ArticleCould the tube strike lead to better population health?
Albania suffered under a harsh communist dictatorship from the end of the Second World War to the beginning of the 1990s. Personal freedom was limited during this period. Very few people were permitted...
View ArticleCorbyn calls some things right, but still gets them wrong
There was a lot in Jeremy Corbyn’s speech that was good, actually. I’m no Corbynista, but I can’t help approving of some of the dividing lines he drew with not only the Conservatives but past Labour...
View ArticleMore evidence that staff levels affect weekend mortality
The government’s promise of a seven-day NHS is in the difficult process of being realised. Health secretary Jeremy Hunt is trying to implement the Conservative party’s manifesto commitment to give more...
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