One of my favourite Spitting Image sketches involves the cabinet unanimously voting to privatise the very concept of privatisation, on the grounds that this would surely make it brilliant. “Any other business?” purrs Cecil...
Targets used to be the sole preserve of people who sold products to customers. They are now everywhere in the public services arena with their accompanying partner “Performance.” Customers used to be shoppers, now...
British schools shut their doors on March 18th as part of the plan to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, and it is unknown how or when they will open again. Families with economic and...
“PJ Masks will do a greater job than all of them [Ministers of the Crown] put together.” – Dominic Cummings, chief adviser to the Prime Minister. The perfect society should be run by...
The more sexually liberal members of British society have often remarked that we hold prudish views on what goes on in the bedroom – at least, compared to our continental counterparts. They’ll point to...
When it comes to education policy, it sounds like Labour’s current offering is the same shit, albeit in a slightly more honest package, all things considered. I’d just like to state that some of...
Columnists / Comment / Culture / Sarah Stook
The Satanic Verses: A Legacy | Sarah Stook
28 Feb, 2019
Free Speech: Dead as a Dodo? | Sarah Stook
25 Apr, 2018
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The Great Brexit Betrayal │ Simon Bonney
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