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Author: David Boyle

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The great debate: checklists versus tickbox

22nd January 202023rd January 2020 David Boyle 0 Comments checklists, gawande, tickbox

I have just in the last few days published a book on the much-derided tickbox culture (it is called Tickbox).

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Why the communities problem hasn’t been solved

22nd September 201922nd September 2019 David Boyle 0 Comments co-production, comunity shares

Last week, I found myself talking to one of the key experts in the UK on about community share offerings.

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How to avoid getting a homegrown UK Milosovic

14th August 201922nd August 2019 David Boyle 1 Comment kashmir, subsidiarity, Trump

Earlier this month, the Indian government ended the devolved powers arrangement they had with Indian-administered Kashmir. As I write, I

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A new economics is emerging – but not from the traditional left

28th June 201929th June 2019 David Boyle 1 Comment banks, Boris

I had to take an astonished breath when Boris Johnson explained how committed he was to business – so committed,

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Towards the idea of a local Green New Deal

5th March 20195th March 2019 David Boyle 0 Comments green new deal, QE

It is a strange thing, given the sound and fury emanating from the USA over the phrase, but the idea

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Why the climate contrarians lost the argument

20th November 2018 David Boyle 0 Comments climate change, contrarians

This post is taken from Richard Black’s new book Denied… This is the story of a coup-d’état that failed. A

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The mindset behind the dwindling reputation of UK railways

8th November 2018 David Boyle 0 Comments rail privatisation, Southern, SWT

The Brighton Belle was famous for its kippers. Laurence Olivier would take a leisurely breakfast back to his home in

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Happy 90th to the sane alternative pioneer

14th August 2018 David Boyle 1 Comment

This week marks the 90th birthday of one of the pioneers of the new economics: James Robertson, one of the

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Why have they made it so degrading to use services?

5th August 20185th August 2018 David Boyle 0 Comments privatisation, railways

Yes, it is hot. The heat has also added a layer of what I can only describe as degradation to

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To save the NHS we have to be a little critical

16th July 2018 David Boyle 0 Comments alienation, co-production, NHS, time banks

So the NHS is 70 years old, and – perhaps it is because it is currently under threat from serious

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