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  • The FA has other good links with the Coalition: Sullivan's long-serving public-affairs colleague, Joseph Oakeshott, is the son of the Liberal Democrat peer, Matthew.

    Brian Barwick's return to limelight invites scrutiny of his legacy Matt Scott 2010

  • Over the past week I couldn't but recall Oakeshott's famous words.

    Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk 2009

  • Oakeshott warns: "It is as wrong as it is stupid for anyone in Whitehall to be trying to nobble the Vickers commission even before it has done its interim report."

    Banks limber up for battle with the commission 2011

  • The whole conception of art is of limited utility in the study of literature, but in as far as a conception is demanded, what needs to happen is a shift from conceiving art as works of value to thinking of it as a specific kind of mental activity, or what Oakeshott calls a mode of experience.

    Comparing Aesthetic Experiences 2009

  • It was instantly branded "toothless" by the shadow chancellor, Ed Balls, and prompted Oakeshott to resign.

    City bonuses shrink – but basic salary rises more than make up for it 2011

  • In a motion supported by Matthew Oakeshott, among others, we called on the government to specifically address top remuneration; to fully separate high-risk and high-street banking and break up "too big to fail" super-banks; to take measures to tackle financial exclusion; and to give greater support to credit unions and mutuals.

    Letters: Still time to bolster weak bank reforms 2011

  • Matthew Oakeshott's proposal to make multinational companies disclose the corporation tax they pay in the UK is right on the money Top Lib Dem: make banks declare corporation tax, 26 February.

    Letters: Tax breakdown 2011

  • The whole conception of art is of limited utility in the study of literature, but in as far as a conception is demanded, what needs to happen is a shift from conceiving art as works of value to thinking of it as a specific kind of mental activity, or what Oakeshott calls a mode of experience.

    2009 August 06 | NIGEL BEALE NOTA BENE BOOKS 2009

  • With this proposal under consideration at the G20, EU and elsewhere, Oakeshott and his colleagues have a chance to make this important piece of transparency a reality.

    Letters: Tax breakdown 2011

  • New South Wales-based lawmakers Robert Oakeshott and Tony Windsor, who together rounded out the band of independents securing Labor's return to office, said Thursday they will await the advice of regulators, including the Foreign Investment Review Board, before making a decision.

    Australia Independent Lawmakers Oppose ASX Sale Rachel Pannett 2010

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