Question the Powerful

Look at the way power & responsibility are distributed around society today and ask: can’t we do better? Question the Powerful promotes political understanding and democratic action through a range of publications, guidance, and talks. (For more info, click on ‘Henry Tam: Words & Politics’ under ‘Menu’).

Saturday, 16 August 2025

National Insurance Plus: a policy for jobs

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There are two narratives on jobs doing the rounds. One makes some long-term sense but has little appeal for here and now. The other gives fa...

Friday, 1 August 2025

The Malevolent Seven

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What’s the latest big idea changing the world? What new theory should we be checking out? The fascination with something completely differen...

Wednesday, 16 July 2025

Public Administration v Business Management

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Why are managers in the public and private sectors treated so differently? The former are talked about in terms of layers – all too many lay...

Tuesday, 1 July 2025

A Right Slippery Slope

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The Republican Party in the US has become a vehicle for the cult of Trump. It does whatever Trump wants, even though all Trump wants is more...

Monday, 16 June 2025

The ‘Sleight of Vote’

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One of the most deviously potent lines in politics is “That’s what the people voted for” – which seems to silence even seasoned interviewers...

Sunday, 1 June 2025

Speak Truth to the People

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[ Will our political leaders speak truth to the people? They’d be welcome to use this outline I’ve prepared earlier … ] We all want things t...

Friday, 16 May 2025

The ‘Inequality’s OK’ Fallacy

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A common defence of inequality is that it does not matter so long as people are better off than they might otherwise be, or they have enough...

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Henry Benedict Tam: Director of ‘Question the Powerful’ project. Author of academic studies & dystopian novels. Policy expert on communitarian governance. Educator (WEA; Cambridge University; Visiting Professor, Birkbeck, London University).

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