Turning a terrible mess into a toxic one: #Budget2023
The budget today announced a lot of stuff, and most of it I’m not qualified to comment on. I’m interested, because I have a sister with...
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- Jan 28
- 6 min
Poverty stigma: causes vs symptoms
I think I've worked out what it is that I dislike about people saying that poverty isn’t just, or even mainly, about material lack. Even...
- Dec 13, 2022
- 10 min
Book reviews: Lowborn, Disconnect Youth, and The Least, The Last and The Lost
Lowborn I recently read Kerry Hudson’s 2019 book, Lowborn. I don’t really have much to say about it, because honestly it is so good. And...
- Dec 3, 2022
- 10 min
How (not) to fix the NHS, part 2
There have been a handful of articles recently querying the model of healthcare that the NHS uses, and suggesting that we should pursue a...
- Dec 3, 2022
- 8 min
How (not) to fix the NHS, part 1
There have been a handful of articles recently querying the model of healthcare that the NHS uses, and suggesting that we should pursue a...
- Nov 30, 2022
- 8 min
What's so good about multi-payer, anyway?
I recently had a conversation with someone about whether the German healthcare system is superior to ours. I made two comments, which the...
- Nov 20, 2022
- 5 min
Evangelicals and Social Action: a book review
Evangelicals and Social Action: from John Wesley to John Stott Ian Shaw (2021) Inter-Varsity Press Ian Shaw starts his book with a...
- Nov 14, 2022
- 4 min
Crying wolf? The collapse of the NHS
A lot of us have been saying that the NHS has been collapsing for years. Now, maybe you think we were crying wolf previously when there...
- Nov 8, 2022
- 8 min
God and G0vernment: a book review
God and Government Edited by Nick Spencer and Jonathan Chaplin Foreword by Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury Published by London:...
- Aug 1, 2022
- 10 min
The NHS isn't sacrosanct - but maybe it should be
I enjoy listening to a range of podcasts from different political viewpoints. One topic that came up recently – albeit as a sidenote of...
- Jul 12, 2022
- 9 min
Individualism left and right
One of the things that I have been thinking about a bit over the last few years is the balance between individualism and collectivism in...
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