Author Archives: David Merlin-Jones

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1. Defining our future in Burnham Britain
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3. Britain should confront history honestly, not selectively
4. The Falklands are under threat again and we can’t rely on America to save us
5. Andy Burnham - new messiah or naughty boy?

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• Burnham has left a gap on tax. We should run through it. (Tom Reeve)
• Should the Liberal Democrats support “None of the Above”? (Samuel Jackson)
• Extending the school day: A catalyst for economic growth (Edward Marsh)
• An open letter to Andy Burnham (Tony Vickers)
• Four challenges in Andy Burnham’s in-tray (Callum Robertson)

• Dennis Potter's 1975 dramatisation of Angus Wilson's Late Call
• Richard Dadd and Victorian treatment of lunatics
• Long, long ago on a Policy Working Group far, far away...
• Andy Burnham's bounce
• Birthright
• Lib Dems should target becoming largest party in local government (LDN#212)
• The Joy of Six 1552
• Trump offended by key Burnham appointment

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• Tim Rogers
  Might finally wake SirEd out of his invisibility....
• Jana
  Hi Tom, Do you think Burnham is preparing the ground for a snap election? Lots of little goodies delivered each day for a couple of weeks then claim he needs a...
• Hywel
  Increasing the basic threshold by £1000 will make someone on £40,000pa £200 a year better off whilst doing nothing for someone on £12000 a year though. "...
• Tony Vickers
  Not higher taxes but different taxes. We said in our 2015 manifesto we'd look at how (not whether) to introduce a Land Value Tax within a single Parliament. Co...
• Peter Martin
  @ Daniel, You could have a point. Do you mean the government of the Federal Republic Of Germany? They certainly adopted the position of speaking for the ...