Adam Tugwell

Recent Posts

• Gambling companies soon stop betting that puts their profits at risk. They can surely do the same when it comes to the risk to customers August 12, 2019
• Boots Corner: Let Cheltenham decide August 12, 2019
• Boots Corner: Who was it really closed for and why? August 3, 2019
• Beating the Backstop: How to make a hard Border in Ireland and with any of our EU Neighbours irrelevant when Brexit is delivered August 1, 2019
• A New Politics May 24, 2019
• How do you change politics for good? – By changing the way Politicians think so they do the best for everyone, just as they always should May 22, 2019
• Everything wrong with our Political Parties has gifted them with the inability to change and what follows a win by the Brexit Party is what we should now be fearing most May 12, 2019
• Announcing that frontline Conservatives who vote for the Brexit Party will be excommunicated smacks of desperation, not leadership April 29, 2019
• The Conservative Party MUST have a New Leader, New Manifesto AND New Electoral Mandate BEFORE 31 October – AND they ALL have to be just right April 25, 2019
• Many would like to be MPs and Politicians. Few are interested in doing what it takes to be any good April 23, 2019
• Are you wondering how GOOD politicians would behave differently to the shower of shite we have now? April 18, 2019
• Taking Climate Change Protests in London to the extreme wont tackle the real problem, but it will push sympathizers even further away April 18, 2019
• Whatever the Brexit deal, our inability to leave at will makes it a prison cell and arbitration will not be a key to unlock the door March 4, 2019
• Yes – Taxi Driver Qualification could be tighter, but further centralisation of the rules will discriminate against good driver applicants as well as bad February 12, 2019
• Party Politics is the means, not the end and until the emphasis is correctly restored, we will all suffer the result February 7, 2019
• Deal or No Deal, the technology already exists for a seamless Irish Border after Brexit and as many of us already know, it works just bloody fine… January 30, 2019
• If MPs are so sure of the integrity of their position over Brexit, they should go to the People, remove Party Politics from the question and either stand categorically for Leave (‘no deal’) or Remain (‘things stay the same’) January 21, 2019
• The Public Sector will remain unsustainable and services will continue to be cut until all the people, companies and organisations taking money from it without adding value are removed January 11, 2019
• Rethinking the Railways: no Public Service should be in private hands, nor should it be under union influence either January 3, 2019
• Boots Corner closed for 6 Months and the consequences for Cheltenham appear very much ‘out of sight, out of mind’ December 28, 2018
• The UK must have the ability to Regulate the Internet, control and respond to data management issues in ways that we never will with the rules-for-the-sake-of-rules EU involved December 2, 2018
• UK security is best served kept in our own hands. The EU would only increase risk to itself by burning the bridges between us when they benefit disproportionately from what we already give November 29, 2018
• May’s idea of an honest Brexit: This is my truth, accept it as yours November 25, 2018
• No Prime Minister, Brexit wasn’t just about immigration and pretending so is as ignorant as it is to call Leavers racist November 24, 2018
• UK Politics and many of its incumbents are writing a new destiny over Brexit. Change is coming and it will not be denied November 24, 2018
• The legacy of May’s Brexit in name only will destroy the credibility of the Conservatives who do nothing to stop her, just as surely as she has obliterated her own November 8, 2018
• Whilst there is no justification for Parliamentary bullying, a career politics culture at Westminster may hold the real key November 6, 2018
• Brexit is more popular than ever. The majority of people just have better things to do than spend their lives in echo chambers or answering the phone to pollsters November 6, 2018
• The travesty of Tuition Fees was the commercialisation of education, the myth of qualification-related Social Mobility and the creation of lifetime debt for those who can least afford it November 5, 2018
• Belief that cannot stand up to scrutiny or ridicule is a problem for the believer, not those who question it November 3, 2018
• Cheltenham & Boots Corner: When things don’t add up, questions need to be asked November 2, 2018
• Mutual Aims:- The basis upon which a real people’s party would have to operate, function and aspire to genuinely succeed in UK Politics today October 24, 2018
• Small decisions have BIG consequences: How the outcome of the Brexit process could resemble nothing anyone intended or anything that has already been seen October 19, 2018
• The Civil Servant doth protest too much, methinks October 16, 2018
• The EU intended to break up the UK all along and May is just another Remain PM singing along to the very same song October 15, 2018
• Dear Cheltenham, a Petition to stop the Borough’s ridiculous changes at Boots Corner is a great start. But if you really want to make the Council think again, start HERE October 13, 2018
• The Welfare covenant is broken and Universal Credit is not the answer when it already creates victims October 12, 2018
• Improving Social Mobility is about addressing the way decision makers think, not about academic education alone October 8, 2018
• The Principle of Charity is all but forgotten when we hear others, yet we would all prefer to be given the benefit of the doubt ourselves October 3, 2018
• Cheltenham BC and Boots Corner: Like local government across the UK, officers and councillors aren’t listening to the real boss, and change is well overdue September 29, 2018
• Parliament exists to be representative of the People, not the wants of the Government of the day. Reducing the number of MP’s will only increase public disenfranchisement as power is centralised further September 28, 2018
• TV Election debates are great if showmanship is the only standard set for Political leadership September 17, 2018
• A housing market correction will be nothing to do with Brexit, Gov’. A lot of people would actually like a 33%+ drop in prices and those who would suffer could and should have been helped by preventative regulation long before now September 16, 2018
• No Minister, you don’t need another consultation about Railways to tell you what Voters already know. Isn’t it time to leave Westminster and simply ask a few? September 15, 2018
• The rise & times of the Opinionator September 14, 2018
• Giving employees mandatory ownership of companies will contradict everything that business and economy is about September 14, 2018
• The problem with the plan for Brexit, is that Brexit has become all about having a plan July 19, 2018
• What the Carillion collapse tells us about the unspoken truths governing public sector contracts January 18, 2018
• Trashing distasteful parts of history puts us at risk of repeating the same mistakes in the future, which only the same level of hypocrisy would allow us to then deny January 12, 2018
• Idealism has given young people unattainable expectations within a land of the financially enslaved, where unhappiness is enhanced at a push-button rate January 11, 2018
• New houses never lower prices within their local ‘market’ and the Persimmon CEO’s £110 Million Bonus gives our ‘housing crisis’ the lie January 9, 2018
• The political class still doesn’t understand the reasons for Brexit, and until it does, we Remain at risk January 8, 2018
• Followed to its ultimate conclusion, the only satisfactory outcome in the Under-representation in Democracy debate would be for everyone to become an MP December 29, 2017
• The ‘rent’ economy is enslaving us all, creating money for nothing for the ‘asset rich’ and progressively extending poverty to all the ‘paying poor’ December 28, 2017
• Even if the Government has ‘reports’ on the UK’s future after Brexit, it would remain foolish to rely on expert opinion about an event which hasn’t already taken place December 27, 2017
• Let’s break the bubble of political perception, join-up policy making and see ideas like Universal Basic Income for what they really are December 26, 2017
• Young people and rural voters could all be kept happy with solutions to the Foxhunting debate that are already hiding in plain sight December 25, 2017
• Social victimisation has become the cultural norm and we are all unwittingly at risk of becoming the bogeymen November 1, 2017
• ‘Out means out’ is the clear message that would give certainty to the Brexit Process August 4, 2017
• The overreach of Libertarianism may deliver a dystopian future that even those who lead us greatly fear August 4, 2017
• Brexit and the influence of Corporate Business: Money talks and the rest of the business community walks July 27, 2017
• Public outcry over Grenfell may ensure prosecutions, but the root causes of public sector indifference are cultural and injustices are destined to continue July 24, 2017
• 10 Years on from the 2007 Gloucestershire Floods: Some things are different, but out of sight is still very much out of mind for the politicians and this is what must really change July 20, 2017
• I am a conservative through and through, but I do not identify with anything that the Conservative Party currently does or stands for July 20, 2017
• MPs who voted against triggering Article 50 contradicted the will of the relevant constituency February 4, 2017
• Using money to thwart democracy is dictatorship wearing different clothes January 26, 2017
• Trident-tongued Theresa……..Maybe? January 23, 2017
• Stoke Central will define UKIP’s future success or failure January 21, 2017
• Truth, post truth, lies or one persons truth is another is another mans lies: falsehoods and technical truths are the order of the day, but filtering for fake news will just take mass manipulation to a new level December 23, 2016
• Degree level entry for all Police Officers is a retrograde step which will push a common sense approach to policing even further away down the bureaucratic queue December 22, 2016
• The Living Wage is as much Labours’ child as it is the Conservatives’ and their MP’s Band Aid parody highlights the political culture of creating policies which deny the realities of consequence December 21, 2016
• ‘Soft Brexit’ or ‘Hard Brexit’ are no more than a Yes/No choice to a question which no longer exists December 20, 2016
• An Oath of Allegiance to a broken system will legitimise the punishment of scapegoats whilst the real problems within public services will remain unresolved December 19, 2016
• Trump & Farage: The heralds of change, a final warning or an opportunity to put things right? December 18, 2016
• Festive Strikes defy sense and reason, but we should all be mindful of the unspoken issues behind them which serve as a warning for us all December 14, 2016
• Social labels and media-friendly umbrella terms are misleading everyone and politicians are too scared or too lazy to communicate the truth December 13, 2016
• Labour’s coercive plan to fix the living wage is as real world as the Tories apparent belief that unemployment and poverty are the same thing…. March 16, 2015
• Jail terms for public servants who overlook their safeguarding responsibilities sounds tough. But if the cause of the problem is actually government wide, should David Cameron be volunteering himself for 5 years in prison rather than another jolly in No. 10? March 9, 2015
• Televised Debates for the 2015 General Election: Shouldn’t we hear from all those who could have power after 7th May, rather than just those who have won an Election before? January 12, 2015
• Explaining the Deficit: Let’s call it the Overspend instead… December 22, 2014
• Britain’s Political Crisis: Set up a new political party; stand to be an independent MP; but however frustrated you are with Politics, do bear in mind… December 2, 2014
• Bankrupt Britain: Is the death of Local Public Service provision avoidable and will it lead communities to provide their own not-for-profit services? November 26, 2014
• Is progressive liberalism sleepwalking us backwards into an age of tyranny? November 25, 2014
• Homes are not commodities and treating them as if they are shows the level of contempt that investors have for the lives of the people who live within them… November 20, 2014
• Will the future of the British Monarchy be decided by the same motivations that have created today’s political crisis? November 20, 2014
• Politicians and Political Parties should never automatically assume the respect of the people, nor that when they do, it equates to silence… November 19, 2014
• Royal Mail & Privatisation: Its called privatisation for a good reason and politicians need to wake up and realise that privately owned business will never have the general public as its point of primary concern… November 19, 2014
• Politicians must acknowledge the problems within the NHS before any serious steps can be taken to save it… November 13, 2014
• Change is what we need; not revolution. And it’s all about getting the basics right… November 13, 2014
• What the US row over the regulation of broadband provision can tell us about the privatisation of public services and why we must maintain the basic right to the same level of ‘public’ services for all… November 11, 2014
• Free Childcare and The CBI: Big business itself has a lot more of a role to play than just identifying a need, just as Government does through the development of not-for-profit provision and Social Enterprise… November 10, 2014
• Britain’s Political Crisis: Politicians should remember that glory is little more than a temporary illusion which benefits no-one in the long term. It should be just the happy consequence that it is, rather than the reason for being and doing itself… November 7, 2014
• Senates, Directly Elected Mayors, Referendums on Independence and UKIP’s ongoing tour-de-force are all highlighting the same message. The political classes are just missing the point November 3, 2014
• Annuities: Has another election winning time-bomb been lit that will devastate the futures of normal people just so a Political Party can get back into power? March 23, 2014
• Will decriminalising non-payment of the TV License Fee simply pass more power to unelected profiteers? March 22, 2014
• Flooding: It’s wet, getting wetter and the funds are drying up. Government Reform and Policy change is the only way to get all the protection that we need and that process must start now February 10, 2014
• Building on the Greenbelt could be avoided if Politicians were prepared to tackle the causes of Housing Crisis head on. Their failure to do so may leave many of these new homes empty and not just immigrants living in modern-day slums which are currently known as ‘beds in sheds’… December 19, 2013
• Council Spending Cuts: Savings must be the objective, not simply the means to reducing Local Authority expenditure and without providing the tools to affect real reforming change, it’s beginning to look like Eric Pickles is wielding a lot of stick without even a hint of any carrot… December 18, 2013
• Using Drones operated in the UK to attack on ‘battlefields’ far away may be putting a safe distance between those doing the fighting. But it is also a major step away from achieving any kind of meaningful solution to extremist-led 21st Century Terrorism December 18, 2013
• Education is currently failing the UK because the system we have in place today is based on the flawed idea that Equality is about sameness. True Equality comes with acceptance of the real differences that exist between us and in giving each and every one of us the best shot possible… December 17, 2013
• Food banks are here to stay for as long as Politicians keep acting as if poverty is someone else’s problem December 15, 2013
• Marine A: Battlefields are not today’s UK’s streets and we must accept that civilian rules and understanding inflicted upon the work and actions of military personnel will be little more than a pathway to disarmament, making us all the same December 14, 2013
• MP’s Pay: How will an 11% pay rise help Voters when we aren’t exactly getting value for money now? December 13, 2013
• The Energy Rip-Off: Profit for most businesses is a benefit and neither a right nor the result of monopolistic guarantee. Energy Companies should be no different to other businesses and fixing prices or imposing a windfall tax is not the first step to help those where help is needed most October 22, 2013
• People need new homes. But pumping houses into the economy isn’t the only answer and may be more destructive as an isolated solution than Quantitative Easing will surely prove to be… September 28, 2013
• Money: Terrorism, the cost of living crisis and the collapse of religion & morality September 28, 2013
• Drink-related antisocial behaviour: Drunk Tanks, Minimum Pricing or new Laws won’t make any meaningful difference on their own and Government must accept that everyone involved has to play their part in tackling the fallout from this form of drug abuse… September 20, 2013
• Public Funding of Political Parties: Yet another nail in the coffin of British Democracy and a giant leap away from listening to the voices that must now be heard? September 6, 2013
• The Cost of Living crisis: – It’s those money men, stupid August 15, 2013
• Zero Hours Contracts: Government needs to improve them; not remove them August 3, 2013
• NHS and the predicted £30 Billion deficit: It’s time for change, but change is about much more than simply saving money July 11, 2013
• Royal Mail Privatisation: The Coalition might be wise to reconsider reinventing the wheel before they help all those on our universal postal service to fall off… July 10, 2013
• Press Regulation: Another exercise in smoke and mirrors as the underlying issue of the growing ethical drought in this Country goes untackled by thirsty Government yet again July 10, 2013
• Payday Loans: Profit from misery and the throw back to the age of the Debtors Prison – but this time without brick walls July 1, 2013
• Tax avoidance, foreign companies and the real influence of Utility providers on our cost of living June 29, 2013
• Spending Review & Local Authorities: We need change and a resurgence of ethics, not coercive micromanagement by stealth and an even greater distance between people and Government June 26, 2013
• Without Legalising Assisted Suicide & the Right to Die, it is an uncomfortable truth that in terms of our approach to ease of suffering, we are selfishly kinder to our animals than we are to other human beings April 18, 2013
• A General Strike will be little more than terrorism in a sanitised form April 6, 2013
• The 2013 Budget has created more perspiration than aspiration for those who keep on paying the Nations bills. It’s about time the Coalition Government started growing balls on their own Bench, rather than gifting their Opposition the opportunity to do it for them March 22, 2013
• Until Bankers and those within in the City regain some sense of what is right and wrong, Government must intervene so that the many in the world outside do not continue to suffer because of the profit hungry few left within March 21, 2013
• Meaningful change for this Country will only be achieved when Politicians accept it is their responsibility to lead us all in doing so March 19, 2013
• Principles for meaningful change in British Politics March 18, 2013
• Government is not the same thing as a business, and should never be run like it is one March 3, 2013
• The commonalities between bankers, blame-based lawyers and union bosses that touch us all and can only be dealt with by a change in the mind-set of Government first and the policies which will then follow afterwards February 22, 2013
• Osborne’s threats to break up Banks: True banking reform will take leadership by example rather than the issue of diktats to the financial leviathans for whom God is profit first and the interests of the very customers who keep them there come a distant second February 7, 2013
• Credit Rating Agency Standard & Poor’s to be sued for role in Financial Crisis: Government has the responsibility and obligation to protect everyone and it’s time that they began getting on with reform that would really make a difference to us all February 5, 2013
• Fuel Duty and the OFT: Forcing us to pay more and more Tax on the essentials of daily life demonstrates just how far apart our Westminster politicians are from life outside and the reality of being British today February 1, 2013
• The sharp fall in number of young Police Officers: When Criminal Law once again begins to mean something through the interpretation of its results, then so will having a career in its enforcement January 13, 2013
• Councillors’ Pay: Throwing money at more of the same just increases the odds of things going from bad to even worse January 10, 2013
• Labour’s ‘jobs guarantee’ for the unemployed: Politicians should guarantee their own jobs by giving industry the policies and systems that work for business so that business itself can start working for us all. January 4, 2013
• Rail fare hikes and tough talk on welfare waste: Today’s problems will not simply be solved by continually taking more from pockets when there is even less to replace it. January 2, 2013
• Labour Council Leaders say Government cuts will lead to public unrest. But the days of passing the buck for a free Pound have long gone and all politicians must now accept that responsibility has consequences December 31, 2012
• Flooding: A truly democratic system should allow for changes in Planning Legislation which will limit the damage which future flooding events have the power to cause December 25, 2012
• Toll Motorways: No Government can continue to charge the Taxpayer time and again for the same things and expect to be taken seriously. December 22, 2012
• Effect-focussed Government has failed us all. Can we really move forward with a plan of something better for all if we never address the causes of our problems? December 20, 2012
• Is the distance created by modern communication and business methods removing basic humanity from our relationships and has the time come for a whole new set of rules? August 1, 2012
• Pensioners, Social Care and the Questions of inevitability, independence & incentives lost July 10, 2012
• Businesses are not inherently academic, so why are degrees becoming the prerequisite skill? June 11, 2012
• Peer to Peer unsecured business lending for SME’s is on the rise. But are you surprised? June 10, 2012
• If your Business wasn’t started just to create jobs, why should you have to run it like you did? June 1, 2012
• Equality in Education has been destroyed by the idea that all can make the best of the same opportunities May 31, 2012
• Local Council decisons that really aren’t that local at all… May 29, 2012
• Without Government Funding, many Not-for-Profit services are unviable… May 29, 2012