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  • The Brothers Grim

    Our cynical author casts an eye over Ed Miliband's energy policy and finds the cause

  • Uncivil Service

    Our author draws on his own experience of the civil service to cast doubt on the government's reform plans

  • Mark my words: Get out of jail free thanks to a quango

    In his latest column, PopCon Director, Mark Littlewood, says that we need to drop the prefix “independent” when describing outfits like the Sentencing Council. “Independent” should be replaced by “unaccountable”.

     

  • The Strange Case of Rishi Sunak

    Hercule Poirot solves a new mystery (with apologies to Agatha Christie)

  • The Conduct of the Allies

    Swift looks back for some historical parallels to today's Ukrainian situation

  • Mark my words: Taking on the “experts”

    In his latest column, PopCon Director, Mark Littlewood, looks at the Climate Change Committee and the unaccountable power it has. 

     

  • Mark my words: Who governs and how?

    In his latest column, PopCon Director, Mark Littlewood, says that unless Parliamentary sovereignty is restored, our decline as a nation won’t merely continue, it will accelerate.

     

  • Mark my words: Polls, positions, floors and ceilings

    In his latest column, PopCon Director, Mark Littlewood, argues that many more [Conservative] topline positions can be laid out across a wide range of areas - even if the detail follows much later. That seems to me to be a decent strategy to start the process of rebuilding popular support.

     

  • Mark my words: Much done. Much left to be done

    In his latest column, PopCon Director, Mark Littlewood, looks back at our first year. 

     

  • Mark my words: Willing the ends but not the means

    In his latest column, PopCon Director, Mark Littlewood, notes that "Labour’s agenda so far has been to hike up taxes on the private sector, increase state spending and to embrace a plethora of new regulations." This should provide an opportunity for Kemi and the Conservative opposition. 

     

  • Mark my words: This is how to hit the ground running

    In his latest column, PopCon Director, Mark Littlewood, takes a look at Donald Trump's first week back in the White House. 

     

  • Mark my words: Time to take a stance?

    In his latest column, PopCon Director, Mark Littlewood, offers some advice to Kemi Badenoch. "I suspect I’m not alone in beginning to feel that I’ve now seen enough of the trailers and I’m now wanting to see the full feature length movie."