Belgian waffle

Mrs. Pushing the boundary and I spent last week holidaying in Belgium, which contrary to popular belief is quite an interesting country – not least because it’s more like two or three countries, despite its small size.
The day after we arrived was Belgium Day, and some of the broader UK news outlets saw this as [...]

Nudge fudge

It’s been pretty hard so far this month to avoid talk of ‘nudge’ politics [future link].
Apparently it’s big in the US, where Barack Obama is a big fan, and naturally after London elected their answer to ‘Change we can believe in’ in May, the Conservatives are equally enamoured with the nudge phenomenon too. (It’s interesting [...]

Religious discrimination round-up

The trouble with starting a blog on which to post about non-Boris-related matters is that it does rather get neglected when things like the Ray Lewis affair kick off at City Hall. If Boris keeps up this rate of gaffes and controversies, Pushing the boundary may not be updated nearly as often as I might [...]

Why politicians can’t win: the postcode lottery

I’m sure there’s another series of posts to be had on the theme of “why politicians can’t win”, but here’s one reason to get things started.
We hear quite frequently about a “postcode lottery” in health, or education, or whatever other public service is in the media firing line on any particular day.
It’s outrageous, the message [...]