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Turning a terrible mess into a toxic one: #Budget2023
The budget today announced a lot of stuff, and most of it I’m not qualified to comment on. I’m interested, because I have a sister with...
Mar 15, 202310 min read
Poverty stigma: causes vs symptoms
I think I've worked out what it is that I dislike about people saying that poverty isn’t just, or even mainly, about material lack. Even...
Jan 28, 20236 min read
Book reviews: Lowborn, Disconnected Youth, and The Least, The Last and The Lost
Lowborn I recently read Kerry Hudson’s 2019 book, Lowborn. I don’t really have much to say about it, because honestly it is so good. And...
Dec 13, 202210 min read
How (not) to fix the NHS, part 2
There have been a handful of articles recently querying the model of healthcare that the NHS uses, and suggesting that we should pursue a...
Dec 3, 202210 min read
How (not) to fix the NHS, part 1
There have been a handful of articles recently querying the model of healthcare that the NHS uses, and suggesting that we should pursue a...
Dec 3, 20228 min read
What's so good about multi-payer, anyway?
I recently had a conversation with someone about whether the German healthcare system is superior to ours. I made two comments, which the...
Nov 30, 20228 min read
Evangelicals and Social Action: a book review
Evangelicals and Social Action: from John Wesley to John Stott Ian Shaw (2021) Inter-Varsity Press Ian Shaw starts his book with a...
Nov 20, 20225 min read
Crying wolf? The collapse of the NHS
A lot of us have been saying that the NHS has been collapsing for years. Now, maybe you think we were crying wolf previously when there...
Nov 14, 20224 min read
God and Government: a book review
God and Government Edited by Nick Spencer and Jonathan Chaplin Foreword by Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury Published by London:...
Nov 8, 20228 min read
The NHS isn't sacrosanct - but maybe it should be
I enjoy listening to a range of podcasts from different political viewpoints. One topic that came up recently – albeit as a sidenote of...
Aug 1, 202210 min read
Individualism left and right
One of the things that I have been thinking about a bit over the last few years is the balance between individualism and collectivism in...
Jul 12, 20229 min read
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