John Craig
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John is Director of The Innovation Exchange, which works to grow innovation from the third sector
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- Be prepared Here are 16 essays from the Washington Monthly on 'What if Bush wins?'. Interesting stuff [via MetaFilter] from : johncraig 22nd September 2004
- Ignore the elephant It?s either genius or insanity - to my shock, I agreed with David Aaronovitch this week, in his assessment of Labour?s announcements on ?immigration/asylum?, and the phantom sixth pledge that is to follow.So if, as I suggested a fortnight ago, the new Tory proposals on all this are a sort of shadow of the elephant in the living room, then Labour's five-year plan is the shadow of a shadow. It is motivated by fear of the distant prejudice, but daren't acknowledge it. While it may be easier to... from : johncraig 10th February 2005
- Hyperbole-checking According to de Juvenal "the language of politics is the language of priorities" (thank you, Google). I for one have always wondered how many things have been, at some rhetorical stage, Tony Blair's 'top priority'. This is just the kind of problem discussed on the greenhouse before - the knowledge is out there, just not in one place. Today, ThinkProgress post a list of Bush's 'top priorities', all thirty of them. Fact-checking is hardly new, and will continue to grow, but were I a... from : johncraig 16th February 2005
- Nothing but politics It seems to have been a good week for the ?independents?. Sir John Stevens exploited his new-found independence with a helpful terror warning and the saga of Margaret?s shoulder rumbles on. Perhaps most importantly, Maria Hutchings has shocked few by appearing on a Conservative platform, backing their stance on SEN. First health now education, what increasingly seems like a Tory strategy is reminiscent of America?s Swift Veteran?s for Truth, whose connections to Republican strategists were... from : johncraig 8th March 2005
- When the going get's tough ...the Tories get going. Or so said Alan Milburn on this morning's Jonathan Dimbleby programme, responding to Conservative criticism of the presentation of the case for war. It reminded me of this rant from a disappointed Democrat, in which they argue, "politics is now beyond issues. For Democrats, it?s existential". Had it not been for the war's continued unpopularity, I think we would have seen more of this approach from Labour - playing the Tories at their own game by fusing tough talk... from : johncraig 1st May 2005
- Doing it his way The conventional wisdom is wrong; David Cameron does not need a clause IV moment. Where Blair beat up on his party to forge a special relationship with the electorate, Cameron hits the media and politics itself. In yesterday's Observer, he argued for a politics that is 'non-ideological and practical'. So while Blair left us wondering about life after the party, Cameron threatens to leave us searching for a life after politics. Next year has been billed as a return of politics, but I think... from : johncraig 19th December 2005