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The Return of Political Patronage
£9.00Alasdair Palmer, November 2015 The special adviser – or ‘spad’ – has become firmly established in Westminster folklore over the past two decades, coming to symbolise much that is questionable about modern politics. The likes of Jo Moore, who urged colleagues to use 9/11 to bury bad news, and Damian McBride, who schemed on behalf… Read Full Article
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The Road to Recovery: Reviving Manufacturing after Coronavirus
£5.00John Mills, July 2020 The global economy may well take much longer to recover fully from the shock caused by the coronavirus crisis than many initially expected – and hoped. With business closures and lockdowns forecast to throw the world into the deepest recession since the 1930s Great Depression, John Mills, the UK entrepreneur and… Read Full Article
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Total Recall: How direct democracy can improve Britain
£5.00Nick Cowen, December 2008 Members of Parliament have traditionally enjoyed total legislative supremacy in the United Kingdom, able to pass or rescind any law of the land. Most citizens of Britain probably think that this is still the case. However, in this worrying examination of the dilution of the sovereignty of parliament by its own… Read Full Article
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Transgender Children: A discussion
£5.00Toby Young, Stephanie Davies-Arai, November 2019 Children registering as ‘transgender’ – that the gender they feel themselves to be is at odds with their biological sex – is a growing phenomenon. Applications by children wanting to change their gender by deed poll have leapt in recent years, as have referrals to the Tavistock, the only… Read Full Article
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Universal childcare
£9.00Maria Lyons, February 2024 All of the UK’s major political parties have recently declared their intentions to significantly expand state subsidies for childcare outside the home, including for babies from the age of nine months. It’s frequently said that universal “early childhood education” is a way to “give every child the best start in life”.… Read Full Article
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We Need to Check Your Thinking
£9.00Dr Richard Norrie and Hardeep Singh, September 2022 Richard Norrie and Hardeep Singh examine the role of identity politics and how it is warping police priorities from within. The authors take a critical look at the police’s fundamental commitment to impartiality and their role in contentious matters of a political nature. This book looks at… Read Full Article
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We’re Nearly All Victims Now!
£6.00David G. Green, September 2019 Identity politics has been creeping into public discourse for many years. When the first edition of this book was published in 2006, it was already obvious that the politics of victimhood had taken hold. This second, updated edition takes stock of how it has developed since then, particularly in the … Read Full Article
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What Have We Done? The surrender of our democracy to the EU
£5.00David G. Green, April 2013 Since joining the European Economic Community in 1973, we have steadily lost the power to govern ourselves. In this necessary and insightful book, David Green describes the essential qualities of the free, open and democratic British system which evolved over 1,000 years. Under our constitution, the fact that the government… Read Full Article
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What Your Year 1 Child Needs to Know
OUT OF STOCK Editor: E.D. Hirsch, Jr. UK General Editors: Annaliese Briggs and Robert Whelan June 2011 What Your Year 1 Child Needs to Know is the first in the series of six books—one for each year—for teachers, parents, home educators and children to enjoy. Read below to see a selection of the varied topics and… Read Full Article
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What Your Year 2 Child Needs to Know
£20.00Editor: E.D. Hirsch, Jr. UK General Editor: Robert Whelan UK Deputy Editor: Tanya Lubicz-Nawrocka August 2012 What Your Year 2 Child Needs to Know is the second in the series of six books—one for each year—for teachers, parents, home educators and children to enjoy. Read below to see a selection of the varied topics and activities… Read Full Article
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What Your Year 3 Child Needs to Know
£20.00Editor: E.D. Hirsch, Jr. UK General Editors: Robert Whelan and Tanya Lubicz-Nawrocka December 2012 What Your Year 3 Child Needs to Know is the third in the series of six books—one for each year—for parents, home educators, teachers and children to enjoy. Read below to see a selection of the varied topics and activities it includes.… Read Full Article
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What Your Year 4 Child Needs to Know
£20.00Editor: E.D. Hirsch, Jr. UK General Editors: Robert Whelan and Tanya Lubicz-Nawrocka June 2013 What Your Year 4 Child Needs to Know is the fourth in the series of six books—one for each year—for parents, home educators, teachers and children to enjoy. See below for a selection of the varied topics and activities it includes. Language… Read Full Article
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