There are many ways in which capitalism isn’t working for an awful lot of us, and it matters. I’ve written a policy paper about it. In A Shining City Upon a Hill; Rebooting Capitalism for the Many, Not the Few, I argue that every aspect of the system needs a…
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Being the Prime Minister’s Anti-corruption Champion Is a bit weird, frankly. It’s not just that no-one knows what to call you (Tsar? Champion? Champ? Answers on a postcard please…..) but also that the subject is so unbelievably broad. If you’ve been watching the BBC’s TV series McMafia, you’ll know that…
Read MoreDuring the detainee mistreatment and rendition debate, John Penrose said: The Minister has rightly pointed out the unprecedented and extremely difficult position that many UK security operatives were in at the time, but the fact remains that clearly some terrible things were done. The ISCreport says: “the UK tolerated actions, and took others,…
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