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There aren't any levers
A dead metaphor is killing the government's ability to get things done
Dec 19
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Polly Mackenzie
27
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How do you solve a problem like the high street?
Time for a Troubled Buildings Programme
Dec 12
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Polly Mackenzie
19
7
12
Problem first thinking
How to unlock innovation, productivity gain and social value
Dec 5
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Polly Mackenzie
15
4
6
November 2025
Time to science the sh*t out of our problems?
Rebuilding public trust in science
Nov 28
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Polly Mackenzie
15
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Iconoplastic - a made up word for an important idea
Making change survivable for the people who lead it
Nov 21
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Polly Mackenzie
30
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Friendship is magic.
Lessons for No10 from the My Little Ponyverse
Nov 14
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Polly Mackenzie
23
Schools cannot solve all our problems
The limits of ‘put it in the curriculum’ politics
Nov 7
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Polly Mackenzie
29
12
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October 2025
Political Derangement Syndrome: our leaders need therapy
What if we redesigned political careers to get the best of people?
Oct 31
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Polly Mackenzie
21
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We must love the country we are
How to make the most of an ageing society
Oct 24
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Polly Mackenzie
19
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What’s it all for? (And wouldn’t it be nice if we knew?)
The case for a national strategy and some nuggets of cheerfulness
Oct 17
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Polly Mackenzie
12
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It’s the despair that’s going to kill us
Time to cheer up
Oct 10
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Polly Mackenzie
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