The Middle Class Advantage?
(I would prefer never to speak of any particular “class”, but as the term retains utility, I shall use it.) On Friday evening, I had an emergency telephone consultation with [...]
In Cummings We Believe
This evening, Cummings enjoyed a one-hour prime-time slot, interviewed by his chum, Laura Kuenessberg. In this blog, I’ll set out Cummings’ broad thesis. The party system is flawed. As Cummings [...]
Get Well Soon?
Chronic conditions are the hardest to treat - as the prophetical Seth Godin just blogged here – simply because we don’t pay them sufficient energy. This is not just true [...]
Potholes
In the days following his murder – though the Jury deemed it to be Death by Dangerous Driving – often I would find myself, in the middle of the night, [...]
Diagnosis: Dysautonomia
(This is written primarily for my kids, and for me) Dysautonomia is my diagnosis. I hadn’t heard of it, either. Essentially, it’s a syndrome – a collection of symptoms with [...]
Goodbye to the Lib Dems
This week, I resigned from the Liberal Democrats as my membership expired. It’s hard to dislike a Lib Dem: they are good people. Usually ideology-free, the Lib Dems wants the [...]
Return to the Office
Quite rightly, Covid has given us the chance to reconsider our lives. Nobody, it seems, wants to return to commuting. Environmentally, this is indisputably a good thing. Home working – [...]
Perfect is the Enemy of Good: Part One
So said Voltaire, with similar versions from Shakespeare and Confucius. Throughout lockdown, the lack of schooling for my kids – and to millions of other children less fortunate than mine [...]
The Mother of All Recoveries (The Sequel)
Fasten your seatbelts. Our cryogenically-frozen economy, though in tatters, will recover at a never before seen pace. As an SME-owner here in Yorkshire, let me explain. Last week brought confirmation [...]
The Mother of All Recoveries?
Will the economy tank, as I have been predicting in my blogs? Or will it bounce-back? This issue is dominating my thoughts and conversations. Last week brought us confirmation - [...]