Margaret Thatcher said there was no such thing as society. Or, rather, that is the decontextualised quote which survives her. Shorn of the explanatory following…
System renewal. Challenging established notions. Reimagining our societies.
System renewal. Challenging established notions. Reimagining our societies.
Author: Rebecca Trenner
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Well, I think the mystery of where Liz Truss bunked off to has been solved. She was not, as Penny Mordaunt had wink-nudged, under a…
Read foreign media, you Numpties! Normally, I like to meander my way to my conclusion in the style of a normal columnist. I lay out…
The great sage of the US House of Representatives, Tip O’Neill, gave us the admonition that ‘All politics is local.’. Recent by-election wins by the…
In yet another week of white, hot outrage in Parliament, John McNally MP (SNP, Falkirk) bravely rose on his hindlegs and asked the Prime Minister…
Just as we’ve all come up for air after the thrills and spills of conference season, we are plunged headlong into Budget Season. Is it…
So, you’re in a crowded bar and you’re on the pull. This is a pre/post covid analogy, so use your imagination. You have brought your…
Two decades and a bit ago, my son and his friend devised a game. They rolled matchbox cars down the banister and cheered as they…
Sir David Lean has a lot to answer for. IMHO, he’s responsible for thousands of deaths and the protracted and intractable nature of the Israeli-Palestinian…
Last week was a fascinating glimpse into the limited imagination of our political duopoly. I use the term ‘duopoly’ but, it’s more like an ersatz…
Listen for it….listen for it = and there it is. Another Labour MP/sad former Labour MP/Labour activist/outrider cum Grauniad rent-a-hack bemoaning the general election defeat…
There is a myth that had grown around mass suicides. We use the phrase ‘drinking the kool-aid’ as a shorthand for a group of people…