Isabel Hardman
@IsabelHardman
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Assistant Editor @spectator, š» R4 Week in Westminster, Times Radio š Fighting for Life,The Natural Health Service, Why We Get the Wrong Politicians
Westminster, London
Joined July 2010
My third book, on the history of the NHS, is out now. Fighting for Life: The Twelve Battles that Made Our NHS, and the Struggle for Its Future. You can buy it here Or listen on Audible
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Why the government wants to talk about benefit fraud - and whether its solutions will work or make things worse. My column in the I paper
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RT @spectator: Labour caves on grooming gangs After sustained pressure, the Home Secretary announced yesterday a series of local, governmeā¦
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RT @spectator: Yvette Cooper has just announced in the Commons that there will be five new local inquiries, including one in Oldham which tā¦
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My column in todayās Observer on the failure of Westminster to make public inquiries worthwhile
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RT @ReleaseGibbons: šThis week's @spectator out loud: š£ @Simmons__ on Gen Z & darts š£ Paul Wood on the return of ISIS š£ @PhilipHensher onā¦
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RT @spectator: āYou are asking people to relive their trauma.ā Labour Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham has just called for a natioā¦
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My favourite bit of the whole garden was this gorgeous set of inlays in the wildlife area which look like tree roots.
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@meolscop1978 Iām actually a total drainage bore. Have whole WhatsApp groups where we discuss drainage solutions and am banned in my family from repeating a regular moan about the drainage design in our local park. My four year old knows what a SUDS is.
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RT @spectator: āStarmer had to quietly row back on his suggestion earlier this week that anyone calling for another inquiry was jumping onā¦
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The only thing that changed this week is that grooming gangs became a salient issue. Nothing else, whether it be the victimsā suffering or the findings of the many inquiries thus far, changed at all
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RT @spectator: In a speech this morning, the PM unveiled his plans to tackle the NHS backlog and hit back at Elon Muskās comments regardingā¦
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My column in todayās Observer is on whether Keir Starmer really is embarking on a āyear of rebuildingā, or if heās like one of those builders who leaves the site under a tarpaulin for months
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More growling from me about social care: Starmer is choosing not to use his political power to reform social care
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