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Feb
07
Cowper’s Cut 203: Fifty Grays of shade

Cowper’s Cut 203: Fifty Grays of shade

Fifty Grays of shade The redacted update of the Sue Gray report into the Government's 'Partygate [https:
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Jan
31
Cowper's Cut 202: A let-off for the PM, as The Saj reveals 'a cunning plan'

Cowper's Cut 202: A let-off for the PM, as The Saj reveals 'a cunning plan'

The delayed publication of the Sue Gray report into Partygate [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-60166997] due to the
14 min read
Jan
24
Cowper's Cut 201: Living in WTF times, redisorganisation and recycling failed ideas

Cowper's Cut 201: Living in WTF times, redisorganisation and recycling failed ideas

It’s good that the data continues to show reductions in the seven-day case rates of hospitalisations with Covid19 [https:
8 min read
Jan
17
Cowper's Cut 200: Elect a clown, get a circus

Cowper's Cut 200: Elect a clown, get a circus

We’ll get on to this week’s pitiful political pantomime directly, but let’s treat ourselves to starting ‘Cowper’
11 min read
Jan
11
Moving the goalposts: the strange case of the fictional privatisation of the NHS

Moving the goalposts: the strange case of the fictional privatisation of the NHS

As the Health Bill returns to the Lords, the edifying sight and sound of political idiots and merch-vending grifters crying
4 min read
Jan
10
Cowper’s Cut 199: Crunch week for ‘The Gamble’

Cowper’s Cut 199: Crunch week for ‘The Gamble’

Apparently, the word from the Cabinet Office is that this is the week when it'll become clear whether
8 min read
Jan
03
Cowper's Cut 198: 2022's testing times, as infections and acute admissions rise

Cowper's Cut 198: 2022's testing times, as infections and acute admissions rise

“I don't think hospitalisations will rise”. Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen, on Sky News [https://twitter.com/skynews/status/
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Dec
27
Cowper's Cut 197: A work meeting with cheese and wine, as Omicron storm clouds gather over London

Cowper's Cut 197: A work meeting with cheese and wine, as Omicron storm clouds gather over London

Collective responsibility and discipline have evidently collapsed in Government when somebody briefs a Cabinet meeting more or less wholesale to
10 min read
Dec
20
Cowper’s Cut 196: How much will this hurt?

Cowper’s Cut 196: How much will this hurt?

I came off my mountain bike at quite a speed this past week. While I was briefly airborne, several four-letter
10 min read
Dec
13
Cowper’s Cut 195: From omnishambles to Omicron

Cowper’s Cut 195: From omnishambles to Omicron

If you thought that the Government’sHealth Week [https://www.healthpolicyinsight.com/cowpers-cut-194-that-was-the-governments-health-week-that-was/] last week was A Triumph, the Johnson
9 min read