Category Archives: Dominic Cummings

The real story behind Boris Johnson’s Green Industrial Revolution

Posted on November 18, 2020 by Miles King

Imagine the scene. Our fearless Prime Minister is holed up in his flat above Number 11 Downing Street, self-isolating. He’s fuming, having received a message from Dido’s fabulous test ‘n’ trace App, that he has been exposed to covid19, again. … Continue reading →

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Ofqual Fiasco and Planning revolution point to where the Vote Leave Government gets its ideas

Posted on August 20, 2020 by Miles King

As I watched the A-level results fiasco unfold over the last week  – the latest in a long line of shambolic Government u-turns  – it got me thinking about how this Government actually decides on what policies it is going … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two Speeches – Gramsci, Newts and the Instrumentarians

Posted on June 30, 2020 by Miles King

As we finally reach the point where the first wave of covid19 has effectively passed (excess deaths in the week to the 19th June were the same as the 5 year average – 65000 dead so far),  it’s clear that … Continue reading →

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Coronavirus diary: the Freeloader Problem

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Miles King

It’s Magic Monday, or Happy Monday or whatever new slogan has been dreamt up by Dom Cummings and his Vote Leave team in Downing Street to distract us. How quickly things change. Just last December Cummings and his libertarian band … Continue reading →

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Coronavirus diary: Libertarians, Pandemics and Populism

Posted on March 23, 2020 by Miles King

I had a bit of a cough yesterday. My wife and younger daughter had been ill the previous week with a typical winter bug. Was I fighting it off, or was it the beginnings of the dreaded coronavirus-19? Many thoughts … Continue reading →

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The Brexit Charade

Posted on October 8, 2019 by Miles King

The Brexit charade continues to play out. Increasingly shrill, even hysterical threats emanate from what we can only assume to be the new bunker built by Dominic Cummings’ dad under Number 10 Downing Street. The latest one, picked up and … Continue reading →

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