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Month: May 2018

Votes at 16: A Call for Consistency


I’m not an expert on child development. I don’t know whether 17 is the right age at which we should let people get a driving license, or whether this should…
Posted on May 29, 2018June 1, 2018 by Edrith

A More Transparent Tax System


One of the challenges of the tax system is how complex it is. And that’s not just in terms of the rules and sub-rules, but because it’s hard for people…
Posted on May 26, 2018May 29, 2018 by Edrith

Guest Blogger Programme Announced


"I'm pleased to be announcing a guest blogger programme, showcasing interests or achievements of friends and members of the edrith community that are likely to be of interest to the…
Posted on May 24, 2018May 23, 2018 by Edrith

Things I’ve Learned from Games


People often underestimate how much you can learn from games. On a simply factual level, I learned most of my British geography from The Great Game of Britain, a light-hearted…
Posted on May 23, 2018 by Edrith

Making Markets Work: Public Procurement


Marking Markets Work is a series exploring how the free market can operate more effectively to deliver benefits to ordinary working people. It affirms that the free market has been…
Posted on May 21, 2018May 20, 2018 by Edrith

Wonkhe: Grade Inflation: A Clear and Present Danger


My latest Wonkhe post, this time on the epidemic of grade inflation in our universities. Read the full article here. https://wonkhe.com/blogs/grade-inflation-a-clear-and-present-danger/
Posted on May 18, 2018October 26, 2018 by Edrith

Debut Conservative Home piece


My debut article for Conservative Home has been published: "Five Tests for a Good Brexit Deal." In it, I briefly review progress on negotiation since Brexit and then set out…
Posted on May 18, 2018 by Edrith

Five Things We’ve Learned From Science


Because there's not been much progress in the fundamentals of physics - the Standard Model is still essentially the same as it was 30 years ago - it can sometimes…
Posted on May 17, 2018May 17, 2018 by Edrith

Started the Christmas Quiz


So, I've finally started work on Christmas Quiz XIII, only five months behind schedule! Still, six months to go before advent, so plenty of time yet to ensure it's suitable…
Posted on May 15, 2018May 15, 2018 by Edrith

Against Means-Testing; OR, I Agree with Tony Benn (on this issue)


Means testing(1) is everywhere these days. It's in maintenance grants and child benefit, job-seeker's allowance and housing benefit and much more. Sometimes it seems that almost every new policy proposal…
Posted on May 14, 2018May 14, 2018 by Edrith

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