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Dec
15
Cowper’s Cut 353: Into winter

Cowper’s Cut 353: Into winter

Having spent most of last week’s column writing about Labour’s evident lack of a health policy that confronts
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Dec
08
Cowper’s Cut 352: From measurable milestones to millstones

Cowper’s Cut 352: From measurable milestones to millstones

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Dec
01
Cowper’s Cut 351: Inflation in the price of financial lying

Cowper’s Cut 351: Inflation in the price of financial lying

10 min read
Nov
24
Cowper’s Cut 350: Hancock - “The NHS was legally independent: I ended that independence.”

Cowper’s Cut 350: Hancock - “The NHS was legally independent: I ended that independence.”

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Nov
17
Cowper’s Cut 349: Half-a-league-table, half-a-league table, half-a-league table onward!

Cowper’s Cut 349: Half-a-league-table, half-a-league table, half-a-league table onward!

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Nov
10
Cowper’s Cut 348: Truth or Consequences

Cowper’s Cut 348: Truth or Consequences

13 min read
Nov
03
Cowper’s Cut 347: Let’s Twist again with The Woman In Black

Cowper’s Cut 347: Let’s Twist again with The Woman In Black

I’m not saying that the English NHS has a limited repertoire of dance moves. OK: I am saying that.
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Oct
27
Cowper’s Cut 346: Why the NHS NatChat shows that the Government’s health policy is missing

Cowper’s Cut 346: Why the NHS NatChat shows that the Government’s health policy is missing

Few things say ‘we haven’t actually got a plan’ quite as fulsomely as the launch of a ‘National Conversation’
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Oct
20
Cowper’s Cut 345: “Oh, reason not the demand!”

Cowper’s Cut 345: “Oh, reason not the demand!”

‘King Lear’ is not one of the worst of Shakespeare’s tragedies. As the King begins to regret dividing and
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Oct
13
Cowper’s Cut 344: The Eras Tour

Cowper’s Cut 344: The Eras Tour

Simon Stevens-era NHS England take over 10 Downing Street “Nin Pandit, the director of the Downing Street policy unit, has
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