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, [...]
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 - [...]
Your true colours
During these frightening times, my recent experience of business, politics, family and friendships instructs me that people’s true colours shine more clearly now than they have ever done. In [...]
Marxists and Capitalists
Marxists and Capitalists make the same mistake: both describe our current system as capitalist. Sure, it is capitalist, but missing is the sub-category. As Yanis Varoufakis skilfully explains here, when [...]
Good Days, Bad Days
After a bad day - as today has been - as a sufferer of a chronic pain-type illness, I now sympathise with those who have had the good day-bad day, [...]
Don’t Look Back in Anger
Don’t Look Back in Anger by Oasis captured the spirit of the mid-90s. At 15, I remember that time as one of optimism; we knew that something better was en [...]
Lockdown Weather and Pascal’s Wager
At the high risk of being ridiculed, I’ll write it regardless. The best weather in my lifetime, coincided with the only lockdown in my lifetime. During this weird period, like [...]
