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Conservatives and the NHS: small state, big problems

by Bernadette Meaden | Aug 4, 2022 | Commentary

. PEOPLE ON THE RIGHT OF POLITICS often say that for the UK, the NHS is like a religion – by which they mean that the NHS is something in which the population has an irrational and outdated belief. They may not openly call for the privatisation or abolition of...

The cost of living: a dire warning from an unlikely source

by Bernadette Meaden | Jul 7, 2022 | Commentary

AMIDST ALL THE WESTMINSTER DRAMA, a brief but extraordinary interview may go largely unnoticed and unremarked. But it contained a dire warning which should be heard and acted upon urgently. Paul Drechsler is a former Chair of the CBI, and now Chair of the...

Striking workers: hard left, Marxist, or Catholic?

by Bernadette Meaden | Jun 25, 2022 | Commentary

WHEN THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY condemned the Government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, a Conservative MP complained that it could make Conservative churchgoers, “feel alienated and unwelcome.”  The Archbishop did not offer to dilute one of the key...

Free school meals are an investment in a country’s future

by Bernadette Meaden | Jun 16, 2022 | Commentary

TEACHERS AND SCHOOL STAFF IN ENGLAND have asked for all children whose parents are on Universal Credit to get free school meals. In a letter to Nadhim Zahawi and Rishi Sunak they said: “We see the devastating reality of children coming to school unable to afford...

The Platinum Jubilee and the Peasants’ Revolt

by Bernadette Meaden | May 30, 2022 | Commentary

AS WE APPROACH FOUR DAYS of national events to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee it seems worth pointing out that today (30 May) marks the anniversary of the beginning of the Peasants’ Revolt in 1381. At that time, the population had been devastated by a...
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