Looking at the news and opinion out of London each day.
2-13-12
Mayoral election comes down to trust
The contest could hardly be closer. In our YouGov poll of voter opinion on the mayoral election, it’s not only a two-horse race, but the frontrunners are neck and neck.
When patriotism is an unrequited love
Charles Moore reviews Uncommon Enemy by Alan Judd (Simon and Schuster).
Occupy London: what went wrong?
It gave a voice to the usually ignored, but Occupy’s consensual model has seen it too often take the path of least resistance
Pensions: we have to work longer and save more
It’s the individual, not the state, who will bear the responsibility of saving for retirement, argues John Hutton.
2-12-12
The new anti-science assault on US schools
In a disturbing trend, anti-evolution campaigners are combining with climate change deniers to undermine public education
2-11-12
Our leaders lost their hearts to focus-groupies
Politicians are in thrall to the marketing experts.
2-10-12
Let’s have an England boss on a modest crust
Here we go again. The national soap opera that is football has taken another comical turn for the worse. We have no national football captain and no national football coach just months ahead of the European Championships.
2-9-12
No alternative to NHS reforms, say coalition
David Cameron and Nick Clegg admit it could take until election to persuade voters their fears are unfounded
Sketch: Will the Health Bill save Ed Miliband?
Michael Deacon watches David Cameron flounder at Prime Minister’s Questions, as Labour MPs taunt Health Secretary Andrew Lansley.
By hugging Clegg close, Cameron might end up suffocating him
The Tories are trying to smother in advance any talk of Lib Dem collaboration with Labour.
2-8-12
The NHS is a professional service ripe for re-engineering
Our healthcare system will only survive if it allows private companies and others to innovate, increase quality and drive down costs
Any fool can see it’s about floating the tumbleweed
The professional world is divided into those who use their brains – and those who speak in jargon.
Ignore the soporific jargon. Privatisation is a race to the bottom
The outsourcing of state services always leads to workers being paid less. Instead our leaders call it an ‘efficiency saving’
2-7-12
Great expectations? No. Hard times? Yes. Enter Miliband Snr
The former foreign secretary’s blueprint to help a lost generation must be taken seriously.
Cameron is right to focus on quality apprenticeships
If there are ‘no votes in skills’, as the old dictum goes, there seem to be some in apprenticeships. Hence David Cameron’s call this morning for apprenticeships to become a ‘gold standard’ qualification ranking alongside degrees from the best universities.
Worryingly little work has been done on the plans to redistribute parliamentary power
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