How a solicitor political leader might act?
With the PM fighting for his life, the mantle has been passed to Dominic Raab, a solicitor. Sidestepping the constitutional crisis, given that it is the Queen who appoints a [...]
No time for sexism, Secretary General
In a thoughtful piece printed in The Guardian on 2 April 2020, United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, argues for a three-pronged approach to tackling the pandemic. To boil it down, [...]
Get well soon, Boris
For temporal context, I type this blog as the PM is spending his second night in hospital with coronavirus. As I type this second sentence, Boris has now been taken [...]
Starmer and Raynor
Within the last few hours, Keir Starmer has been elected leader of the Labour Party, with Angela Raynor elected Deputy. Starmer received 56% of the vote. As a member of [...]
Andrew Gray 2, BBC 0
Disgracefully and yet wholly unsurprisingly, on 3 February 2020, Boris Johnson’s henchmen prevented half of the attendant media hacks, who were already assembled inside Number Ten, from attending a briefing. [...]
Failing to prepare is preparing to fail
Pre-pandemic, only someone inculcated against hearing accurate news about the NHS would not know how just parlous a state is it in. Never-events are now commonplace, often leading to deaths. [...]
Captain Fantastic
The title of this blog doesn’t refer to our sick PM – no, no, no - rather it refers to a 10 out of 10 film I watched last night, [...]
What should my personal life look like post-pandemic?
Family and friends are still with us. As a family, we have grown closer. Proud to have played our bit to help society through this awful time, forging long-lasting relationships. [...]
Thank goodness that Johnson beat Corbyn
(For context, I type this blog just minutes after Johnson and Hancock have tested positive for COVID-19.) When the electorate cast their vote in December 2019, multiple factors influenced each [...]
What trends will emerge from this pandemic?
As a business owner, with all the responsibilities which go with it, I need to grasp how the world is going to change - both socially and economically - in [...]