Nov
17
Cowper's Cut: Barclay banks on an ignorant audience
It'd be nice to say that Steve 'The Banker' Barclay, our re-tread Health But Social Care
6 min read
Mr Andy Cowper
Nov
14
Cowper's Cut 243: Steve ‘The Banker’ Barclay unwittingly invokes Moore’s Law in the shadow of the Hunt Budget
"Most of all, I am looking forward to being myself.”
Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock MP, on his appearing
9 min read
Nov
07
Cowper's Cut 242: Treasury Munchkins in 'specifically looking' at pensions shock, as an Alan Pandemic threatens
"The Prime Minister said significant progress had been made by the Government – with almost 30,000 more nurses recruited,
11 min read
Oct
31
Cowper’s Cut 241: Tiz was, as The Banker returns amid Sunak attack - "mistakes were made"
The Q4 2022 leader of the Conservative And Unionist Party - and so this year's third Prime Minister
10 min read
Oct
24
Cowper's Cut 240: Liz Truss (a quitter, not a fighter) out as Sunak surges
Told you so.
At just after 1.30 on Thursday afternoon, an awkward, twisted wooden thing was put out the
8 min read
Oct
18
Guest editorial: Can A****a pull it off?
Julian Patterson is a journalist specialising in healthcare, and the creator of NHS Blithering.
Will NHS England chief executive Amanda
4 min read
Oct
17
Guest editorial: What the right gets wrong about NHS reform
Alastair McLellan, editor, Health Service Journal
This piece was commissioned and accepted in the summer by a government-supporting newspaper. After
6 min read
Oct
17
Cowper’s Cut 239: To Truss - to tie up the legs and wings of a bird before cooking
"Prime Minister Liz Truss allowed a smile to play around the corners of her mouth.
"Leader of the
10 min read
Oct
14
What is to be done?
I first published this in October 2021, concerned at the lack of any credible plan. Nothing material has changed in
6 min read
Oct
10
Cowper’s Cut 238: Tory Party in a tizz with Liz
Sometimes, the metaphors just write themselves.
Conservative Friends of the NHS stall at Tory conference has been abandoned in a
13 min read