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
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
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
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
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
Cowper's Cut 237: In Truss we "God!"
“Much of the instability in the world is a product of its legacy of individualism and haphazard policymaking.”
Kwasi Kwarteng,
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Cowper’s Cut 236: Grate Expectations
Kami-Kwasi economics
'The Growth Plan', Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng's Budget-but-not-really on Friday was a radical event, albeit
Cowper's Cut 235: Always look on the bright side with Tiz
Although Dr Therese 'Tiz' Coffey has been scarcely a week in the job, she already looks set to
Cowper’s Cut 234: Delivery, delivery, delivery
In her victory speech for the Conservative And Unionist Party's summer 2022 leadership race, Liz 'Surgical'