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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:
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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’
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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
Dec
07
Rough transcript of Lord Stevens of Birmingham's maiden House of Lords speech on the Health and Care Bill 7.12.21

Rough transcript of Lord Stevens of Birmingham's maiden House of Lords speech on the Health and Care Bill 7.12.21

The followng is a rough transcript of the maiden Lords speech by Lord Stevens of Birmingham (the artist formerly known
2 min read
Dec
06
Cowper’s Cut 194: That was the Government’s ‘Health Week’, that was

Cowper’s Cut 194: That was the Government’s ‘Health Week’, that was

Here we go: too little, too late. New travel restrictions to slow the spread of the Omicron variant of Covid19
8 min read