Mr Andy Cowper

Mr Andy Cowper

United Kingdom
Feb
14
Cowper's Cut 204: From leaks to launch, Electoral Recovery Plan and integration White Paper underwhelm

Cowper's Cut 204: From leaks to launch, Electoral Recovery Plan and integration White Paper underwhelm

First the leaks ... Delays to the completion of the elective recovery plan (which winsomely, Health But Social Care Secretary Sajid
13 min read
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:
7 min read
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/
7 min read
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