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Aug
22
Cowper's Cut 231: A new Dad's Army

Cowper's Cut 231: A new Dad's Army

I'm old enough to remember "Brexit means Brexit, and we're going to make a success
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Aug
15
Cowper's Cut 230: Truly, madly, deeply

Cowper's Cut 230: Truly, madly, deeply

'The letter from 34 heads of radiotherapy departments says we are at crisis point, they are calling for a
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Aug
08
Cowper's Cut 229: Steve Barclay sprints to the rescue!

Cowper's Cut 229: Steve Barclay sprints to the rescue!

Happy anniversary! It's four whole weeks since Sajid 'The Saj' Javid resigned as Health Secretary. Thus
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Aug
01
Subscribing to 'Cowper's Cut' on Health Policy Insight

Subscribing to 'Cowper's Cut' on Health Policy Insight

Good afternoon. I hope you're well. I'm sending this to all the people who've
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Aug
01
Cowper's Cut 228: Only 'urgent hackathons' can save us now

Cowper's Cut 228: Only 'urgent hackathons' can save us now

It's not over for several weeks yet, but we can declare that the clear winner of the Conservative
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Jul
25
Cowper's Cut 227: Dimocracy in action

Cowper's Cut 227: Dimocracy in action

The intellectual firepower on display in the end-stage of the Conservative And Unionist Party's leadership contest is, to
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Jul
22
Subscribing to 'Cowper's Cut' on Health Policy Insight

Subscribing to 'Cowper's Cut' on Health Policy Insight

Good afternoon. I hope all's well with you. I'm sending this to all the people who&
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Jul
18
Cowper's Cut 226: Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the Tory leadership race

Cowper's Cut 226: Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the Tory leadership race

The Conservative And Unionist Party's leadership race started out with strong "the Chinese: a great bunch of
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Jul
11
Cowper's Cut 225: Boris Johnson for ex-Prime Minister

Cowper's Cut 225: Boris Johnson for ex-Prime Minister

"The Cabinet is open and everyone is having a wonderful time." #BorisJohnson #DowningStreet pic.twitter.com/8T7zQWhEMH — The
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Jul
04
Cowper's Cut 224: We are all '40 new hospitals' now

Cowper's Cut 224: We are all '40 new hospitals' now

One Tory insider told me: "He can't do a reshuffle now because then everybody would realise he
11 min read