View from the Bridge 89

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[…] service of the British people, rather than dictating to them. Margaret Thatcher sought to drag Britain out of its stupor by setting loose our natural entrepreneurialism. Tony Blair reimagined a stale, outdated Labour Party into one that could seize the optimism of the late 90s. A century ago, Clement Attlee wrote that Labour must […]

View from Bridge 89

Lobster Issue

[…] service of the British people, rather than dictating to them. Margaret Thatcher sought to drag Britain out of its stupor by setting loose our natural entrepreneurialism. Tony Blair reimagined a stale, outdated Labour Party into one that could seize the optimism of the late 90s. A century ago, Clement Attlee wrote that Labour must […]

The long goodbye? Taking on the consultants

Lobster Issue 90 (2025)

[PDF file]: […] in highly technical areas of public services, such as environmental monitoring, finance and digital technologies. This became apparent in the United Kingdom in the aftermath of the Blair/ Brown years, during the period of the Coalition government’s policy to slash spending on consultants. In one instance, a major rail franchise tender was withdrawn because […]

Consultants Challen

Lobster Issue

[…] in highly technical areas of public services, such as environmental monitoring, finance and digital technologies. This became apparent in the United Kingdom in the aftermath of the Blair/ Brown years, during the period of the Coalition government’s policy to slash spending on consultants. In one instance, a major rail franchise tender was withdrawn because […]

The view from the bridge

Lobster Issue 88 (2024)

[PDF file]: […] service of the British people, rather than dictating to them. Margaret Thatcher sought to drag Britain out of its stupor by setting loose our natural entrepreneurialism. Tony Blair reimagined a stale, outdated Labour Party into one that could seize the optimism of the late 90s. A century ago, Clement Attlee wrote that Labour must […]

View from 92 copy

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[…] Ukraine does not become a member of NATO. JATEC offers membership in everything but name. Epstein The Epstein documents released so far are on-line.23 I put Tony Blair into the search box there and found a reference to him being the chair of ‘JPMorgan’s “international council” of senior advisers’. I asked Google how much […]

In the Thick of It: The private diaries of a minister Alan Duncan

Lobster Issue 82 (Winter 2021)

[PDF file]: […] earlier Prime Minister: ‘Home for lunch with Oman Ambassador, Abdulaziz al Hinai, and bump into Simon Walters of the Mail on Sunday outside Harry’s Bar. He says Blair is pitching to Jared Kushner to offer advice on the Middle East, and (bizarre and not true) that Trump demanded the dismissal of Robert Hannigan from […]

View from 92 copy

Lobster Issue

[…] Ukraine does not become a member of NATO. JATEC offers membership in everything but name. Epstein The Epstein documents released so far are on-line.8 I put Tony Blair into the search box there and found a reference to him being the chair of ‘JPMorgan’s “international council” of senior advisers’. I asked Google how much […]

The view from the bridge

Lobster Issue 68 (Winter 2014)

[PDF file]: […] – was rising before 2008 and is caused by UK taxes being too low. But no mainstream British politician will argue for raising taxes. While in office Blair, Brown and Balls encouraged the delusion that the UK could have American levels of taxation and EU levels of public services. Apologising for that and the […]

Shameless!

Lobster Issue 62 (Winter 2011)

[PDF file]: […] standards. He provides some additional material on the nature of the Blair-Brown years that chimes with much that has now appeared. He concludes that the only policy Blair, Brown and Mandelson had worked out in detail prior to 1997 was how they would deal with the media.1 1 He argues in favour of devolution […]

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