Post by: ANM

Education

Swansea Council’s savage cuts to EOTAS

28 May , 2015  

Striking Tutors and union officials, together with stake-holders, finally took to the street outside Swansea Council last week, to protest punishing cuts to Education Other Than at School services (EOTAS), and challenging  “plans” to cut the number of staff in the department by 45%, where the numbers of vulnerable children needing to use the service […]

Politics

Election Specials

7 May , 2015  

We’ve gathered all our Election Special reports in a single article, in reverse chronological order.

Politics

Election Special 2015 – Education

6 May , 2015  

with one day to go before the election, there’s just time to ask Matt Wall to help us explore the parties’ positions on education, using his site, uk.electioncompass.com.  

Politics

Election Special 2015 – Crime

5 May , 2015  

Crime is always a hot topic whether there’s an election or not and we’ve asked Matt Wall where the parties stand on this subject.

Politics

Election Special 2015 – Shifting Odds

2 May , 2015  

We’ve caught up with Matt Wall to get an update on the odds following the latest round of TV debate.

Politics

Election Special 2015 – The Environment

1 May , 2015  

I’ve been talking to Dr Matt Wall, lecturer in politics at Swansea University. In this video, we look at the UK Compass Website in a little more detail. Wth so many issues, it’s hard to know where to start, so we’ll take a look at the environment.

Politics

Election Special 2015 – Undecided

29 Apr , 2015  

ANM talks to Dr Matt Wall, lecturer in Politics at Swansea University, about his innovative website Uk Election Compass, designed to help voters position themselves by looking at parties’ positions on various issues. The website discussed in this video can be accessed here.

Politics

Election Special 2015 – Tell Me The Odds

27 Apr , 2015  

In the run-up to the 2015 UK General Election, ANM goes to Swansea University to meet Matt Wall, lecturer in Politics, to talk to him about his amazing election prediction devices. The website discussed in this video can be accessed here.

Health

No Monopoly on False-Hope

4 Mar , 2015  

Following my last Saatchi article concerning the downgrading of patient voices, I received some interesting responses, some of which even acknowledged the actual question in my article, which I’m not saying is an easy question.

Health

When Doctors Throw Their Hands Into the Air

6 Dec , 2014  

Medical Innovation, Saatchi, and the Nature of Evidence.   Andrew’s GP threw his hands up in the air and shouted “Get out, this is not worth my job!” Andrew, who lives with Secondary Progressive MS, had just asked his GP to prescribe an off label therapy known as LDN (Low Dose Naltrexone) which is used […]