The Innovation Deficit
Last week, I attended an evening seminar at the Management school of my university. The…
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Bully For You
Personally, I don’t believe Gordon Brown is a bully. Genuine bullying is systematic and contains…
Austerity? Yes, Please!
Shortly before Christmas, I had dinner at a Thai restaurant located near Canary Wharf. The…
Tasting the Rainbow
Travellers to Britain are advised that they may run into a type of person colloquially…
The Impossibility of Angels
Yesterday, I attended an activists’ training course which was held at my union’s headquarters in…
Home Sweet Home
The British have a talent for self-deprecation. For someone with American origins this is nothing…
The Politics of Waste
Commentators often try to obscure simple truths by utilising the dry vocabulary of economics. Behind…
A Touch of Lime
The economist John Maynard Keynes once famously said to a questioner, “When the facts change,…
Run into the Ground
I have been struggling to come up with a suitable metaphor for the state of…