Paul Golder

Hysnaps Political Investigations

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A series looking at various elements of Uk Politics, from an evidence based and mainly unbiased standpoint. I am a Humanist Punk who relies on facts and evidence to help me understand the world. As such I look at various topics that interest me to better understand them and wish to share the outcomes of these investigations with others. I have been running a blog for last 5 years, as part of my recovery from a mental health episode,, which has at times concerntrated on

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Paul Golder

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Let's Rethink HealthCare: Stability For the NHS 08.03.2026 16:23

Episode 4 - of my series looking at the NHS. This time I look at what it would take to reintroduce stability into the NHS and the cost it has incurred due to continual reorganisations.

Lets Rethink HealthCare: What Other Countries Do. 07.03.2026 7:20

Episode 3 - of my series looking at the NHS, this time we look at what other countries do with their Health Services and what the UK could learn.

Let's Rethink HealthCare: Why Competition would Never work. 06.03.2026 6:50

Episode 2 - of my series looking at the NHS in the UK. This time we discuss why Competition would never work.

Let's Rethink HealthCare: Reforms, Fragmentation and a Paradox. 05.03.2026 5:27

Episode 1 of my series looking at the Health Service, how years of reform has failed, what caused this, how the deficit in doctors has been caused, what could be done to re-right the service.

Let's Rethink Education: Spreading the Pain of the cost 04.03.2026 13:14

Episode 7 of a look at what it would take to provide every child in the UK the same level and quality of education that the 7% who attend private schools receive. The series covers the economic impact of such a proposal, How 40 years of reform has affected the Uk education system. What steps would need to be taken to achieve the proposal. How this could be paid for and other related topics on the...

Let's Rethink Education: International Comparison & Credibility Check 03.03.2026 13:27

Let's Rethink Education: The Final Numbers 02.03.2026 16:23

Episode 6 of a look at what it would take to provide every child in the UK the same level and quality of education that the 7% who attend private schools receive. The series covers the economic impact of such a proposal, How 40 years of reform has affected the Uk education system. What steps would need to be taken to achieve the proposal. How this could be paid for and other related topics on the...

Let's Rethink Education: The Human Cost 01.03.2026 14:26

Episode 5 of a look at what it would take to provide every child in the UK the same level and quality of education that the 7% who attend private schools receive. The series covers the economic impact of such a proposal, How 40 years of reform has affected the Uk education system. What steps would need to be taken to achieve the proposal. How this could be paid for and other related topics on the...

Let's Rethink Education: Forty Years of School Reform 28.02.2026 14:51

Episode 4 of a look at what it would take to provide every child in the UK the same level and quality of education that the 7% who attend private schools receive. The series covers the economic impact of such a proposal, How 40 years of reform has affected the Uk education system. What steps would need to be taken to achieve the proposal. How this could be paid for and other related topics on the...

Lets Rethink Education: Bodies, Buildings and Property 27.02.2026 14:18

Episode 3 of a look at what it would take to provide every child in the UK the same level and quality of education that the 7% who attend private schools receive. The series covers the economic impact of such a proposal, How 40 years of reform has affected the Uk education system. What steps would need to be taken to achieve the proposal. How this could be paid for and other related topics on the...

Let's Rethink Education: What Happens when you spend 5% more on Education? 26.02.2026 14:47

Episode 2 of a look at what it would take to provide every child in the UK the same level and quality of education that the 7% who attend private schools receive. The series covers the economic impact of such a proposal, How 40 years of reform has affected the Uk education system. What steps would need to be taken to achieve the proposal. How this could be paid for and other related topics on the...

Let's Rethink Education: The Big proposal 25.02.2026 12:42

Episode 1 of a look at what it would take to provide every child in the UK the same level and quality of education that the 7% who attend private schools receive. The series covers the economic impact of such a proposal, How 40 years of reform has affected the Uk education system. What steps would need to be taken to achieve the proposal. How this could be paid for and other related topics on the...

Let's Rethink Housing: Surely we can do something now? Without new laws? 24.02.2026 13:52

Episode 13: The last in the series, identifies steps that could be taken now under existing UK laws whilst new legislation is put in place to deliver the proposed solution to the housing market.

Let's Rethink Housing: Let’s be honest — we need to stop politicians tinkering. 23.02.2026 14:58

Episode 12: Ok so we have our new model for solving the UK housing market, but it needs 15-30 years in order to be properly tested and validated. So how do we stop the next Government from just scrapping it, pocketing a "short term" "saving" and lushing all out hard work down the drain?.. Also with out building proper controls around it to protect it, investors wouldn't touch it.

Let's Rethink Housing: Right — so what would this actually look like in practice? 22.02.2026 13:07

Episode 11: So we have found a potential solution to the UK Housing market, lets put some more meat on the bones and further test it.

Let's Rethink Housing: People use housing as an investment — could we find a better alternative? 21.02.2026 13:20

Episode 10: During the previous episodes we have examined the issues in the UK housing market, and seen why it is acting how it does. One of the things that has come out of this, is that for many housing is not just a home, it is also an investment. Therefore I look to see if we can find/develop an alternative that won't damage the housing market but will potentially free up capital to enable buil...

Lets Rethink Housing: Can we actually encourage developers and land-bankers to build? 20.02.2026 14:48

Episode 9: A look at why the actions of Developers and Land owners is rational and options to encourage them to build and get the UK Housing market working.

Lets Rethink Housing: OK — so how do we actually move forward? 19.02.2026 14:51

Episode 8: Continuing the options to de-escalate the Mexican Standoff, and get the UK housing market moving again.

Let's Rethink Housing: OK — so we’ve got a Mexican standoff. How do we move forward? 18.02.2026 13:07

Episode 7: So there is a Mexican Standoff in the UK housing market, How do we solve it whilst not causing excessive damage to all involved.

Lets Rethink Housing: Surely — housing is as important as roads and water? 17.02.2026 12:43

Episode 6: Looks at why treating housing as an investment product potentially results in us forgetting that it is an infrastructure requirement, and as such potentially should not be used to maximise profit for the few.

Let's Rethink Housing: Why shouting at landlords and developers doesn’t help. 16.02.2026 12:55

Episode 5: Why blaming Landlords and Developers wont unblock the Uk housing market. Also why their actions are rational decisions from their point of view.

Let's Rethink Housing: So… who actually benefits when we don’t have enough housing 15.02.2026 15:21

Episode 4 of 13: This episode I look at who benefits if there is not enough housing, and why that potentially re-enforces the maintenance of scarcity.

Let's Rethink Housing: Should habitation be linked with speculation? 14.02.2026 12:59

Episode 3 of 13: Whats happens when we start treating houses and homes as a speculative financial product?.

Let's Rethink Housing: Why do builders and investors seem to be dragging their feet? 13.02.2026 12:00

Episode 2 or 13: This episode we are looking at why it feels that builders and investors are delaying the UK housing market, and if they are, why they may do it

Let's Rethink Housing: When did we stop treating a house as a home? 12.02.2026 11:50

Episode 1 of 13: This season I will be looking at housing, issues surrounding it in the UK, and potential solutions. First up I investigate when and why we stopped treating a house as a home?