RT @JohnRentoul: Sajid Javid, the unlikely Martin Luther of the NHS Reformation

Regardless of what you think about whether those on the list should be allowed to come here, or whether the £7 billion is reasonable. It is very hard to understand the justification for the secrecy - especially so long. Or why no-one has been fired for the original error.

This Afghan superinjunction debacle will surely strengthen Reform's hand. Immigration, cover-ups, massive spending, no-one apparently fired or held accountable. Plays into the feeling that both parties are as bad as each other - and the 'system' in cahoots with them too.

RT @lewis_goodall: There is a lot of deflection taking place by politicians this morning, suggesting that the court kept the superinjunctio….

RT @IGMansfield: Written in 1935 by a Viennese art historian. Banned by Hitler for being 'too pacifist'. Mildly updated and translated in….

RT @cooksimon: Thoughtful comment following a very thoughtful paper by @BenRamanauskas @sajidjavid et al.

All in all, a must read for anyone with even the faintest love of history. And a perfect gift for any small people in your life - children, nephews and nieces, godchildren and the like.

An an Austrian, there's more on Central European history than we typically get in Britain (and less on the US). Defenestration of Prague and Diet of Worms here we come!

As the contents page and list of chapters shows!

And yet it is packed full of detail:

With 40 chapters in 280 pages, the humanity and love of history oozes from every paragraph. The style is full of narrative and aimed at children. See below for the start of the chapter on the Greek/Persian wars - I read this to my kids (11 and 7) last night and they were rapt.

Written in 1935 by a Viennese art historian. Banned by Hitler for being 'too pacifist'. Mildly updated and translated into English by the author, aged 92, in the 1990s. I've just discovered Gombrich's A Little History of the World - and it's glorious. 🧵

RT @David_Goodhart: A reply to posts by @benwansell and @Samfr about a disturbing new tone in commentary on race/immigration. Their complai….

RT @Katie_Lam_MP: A girl in Warwickshire was barred by her school from giving this brilliant speech on being proud to be British. I think….

RT @joerichlaw: BREAKING: Labour plan to prosecute British troops who served in Northern Ireland on brink of collapse - Veterans Tsar David….

RT @BenRamanauskas: I’ve co-authored a report for @Policy_Exchange with a foreword by @sajidjavid. The NHS is not fit for purpose and need….

RT @Birdyword: People say there's no state capacity any more, but here the government pulled off a multi-billion pound relocation of tens o….

RT @jdoyleDoyle1: For unrelated reasons, I’ve resigned my position at Harvard. But I haven’t been able to speak frankly with *anyone* for c….

And to read the full report - which argues the UK should follow the example of the Netherlands and gradually transition to a social insurance-based model of healthcare while maintaining universal coverage - see here:.

Great piece by @JohnRentoul on @Policy_Exchange's latest report on reforming the health care system. It is always pleasing when our foreword authors are compared favourably to Martin Luther.