
Neil O'Brien
Director, 2008-2013

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The great divide
by Neil O'Brien | Nov 29, 2012
My career in politics nearly ended the day it began, when I was almost run over by a gang of Nazis in a Mini-Metro. Not a very butch car to be hit by, I know, and a rather pathetic substitute for a Panzer tank. But it was the early 1990s, and supporters of fascist...
Margaret Thatcher, uber-moderniser
by Neil O'Brien | Nov 20, 2012
Tim Montgomerie is running an interesting series on the “wrong right” this week, looking at the problems that are facing the Conservatives. This morning he has an interesting piece on why working class voters in 2012 are not the same as in 1979....
Why the Government is right to want to improve the poverty target
by Neil O'Brien | Nov 15, 2012
“When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.” Shakespeare’s famous line explains why the Government has just launched a consultation on reforming the way the child poverty target works. Bad things tend to go together, and people...
The north’s economy needs a radical new approach if it’s going to catch up with the south
by Neil O'Brien | Nov 13, 2012
There’s a debate today in Parliament about the North East’s economy. David Miliband has been setting out his ideas about how to boost it. So I thought it might be worth looking at how the North’s economy has been doing. Let’s start with the bad...Support Us
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