Nov 22, 20231 min read

Autumn is the Season of Change, Unless it's an Autumn Statement

There are no forecasts that I can find for the UK that say anything other than relatively flat growth for the next few years and we are...

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May 17, 20231 min read

Starkey Raving Bad

I am not going to repeat David Starkey's comments - they are pretty awful and reflect a number of awful comments he has made in the last...

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Apr 16, 20231 min read

Smart Motorways - Are we being properly informed?

This article in the Times is interesting; it shows one of the common failures of leadership in Government, but also reflects how the...

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Apr 13, 20233 min read

Is Brexit done? Ask a musician.

I have been sent versions of this story by a number of my rock music loving friends who know my interest and involvement in politics and...

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Apr 12, 20231 min read

The Times Gets it Right.

It is a shame this is behind the Times' paywall, it is a great article that sets out how complicated our local government structures are,...

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Mar 23, 20232 min read

Parliament vs Parliament or Parliament vs Boris?

Yesterday, we had the spectacle of the Privileges Committee interviewing Boris Johnson to decide whether he knowingly misled parliament,...

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Mar 15, 20232 min read

The Forgotten Speech

Kier Starmer gave a speech last Sunday to the Welsh Labour Conference. It was broadcast live by a few news channels and has had some...

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Mar 15, 20232 min read

We Need Delivery, Not Grand Statements

The Government’s bill to make it illegal to claim asylum after crossing the channel on a small boat has now passed its second reading in...

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Change from the Centre was set up by me, Martin Curtis, as a tool to inform and campaign about political change. I am a lapsed Conservative Party activist who now believes that top to bottom political change is more important than party affiliation.

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Cambs News - OPINION: ‘We need recall petition both for MPs and local councillors’

The Andrew Brigden story is one that I find really frustrating.

Let’s be clear what he did. As an elected member of the House of Commons he peddled misinformation about the Covid vaccine, not as a one-off, but on a number of occasions.

The result of all of this is that he has been suspended by the Conservative Party.

Some will think he has now been punished. But he hasn’t...

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