I have a growing concern. A well-functioning democracy, something which I hope that in years to come the UK will once again be recognised for,…
I have a growing concern. A well-functioning democracy, something which I hope that in years to come the UK will once again be recognised for,…
I had the pleasure of attending Anthropy 23 at the Eden Project recently, a gathering of some 1,800 delegates from public, private and third sector…
I spend a good part of my professional life helping leadership teams in fast-growing SMEs to develop and scale. A pivotal role in any such…
So, conference season is drawing to a close. The Conservatives have had a dispiriting conference, with a sense of doom about a seemingly inevitable election…
One must almost feel sorry for them. The political grouping around the authors of Britannia Unchained, that seminal work of ten years ago that painted…
One of the highlights of the Big Tent event in Bristol was a presentation by the head of regeneration in Bilbao, who talked about how…
In politics there are winners who sometimes don’t deserve to win, and losers who are rather unlucky. I fear Penny Mordaunt will fall into the…
“Hello. This is the Brexit Opportunities Minister, a member of a very serious government. It has been brought to my attention that long queues have…
It’s summer. The Conservative party is in disarray, following a leadership election. Different factions of the party are fighting one another, and government is in…
I have been having daily chats with Graham Brady, chief controller for the Conservative backbenchers’ channel in the House of Commons and a man central…
I have a great idea for a new contestant show, which I have recently been pitching to Graham Brady, Chief Controller for the Conservative backbenchers’…
“It’s about electability now, not morality”. Thus one Tory backbencher summed up how he saw the situation for himself, and his fellow backbench MPs, when…