Back in the 1829, a strange rumour spread through the London poor that those in workhouses were being fed on the bodies of the dead….
Back in the 1829, a strange rumour spread through the London poor that those in workhouses were being fed on the bodies of the dead….
One of the irritating elements, among so many, of the current general election campaign is the way that Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party has dragged debate…
Climate change policy is in flux. At the G7 meeting in Taormina, Donald Trump refused to commit to the Paris climate agreement goals and it…
The exhausting general election campaign confirms what was in effect Parkinson’s Third Law. His more famous first law is known by almost everybody – that…
A report in the Financial Times has suggested that business leaders are frustrated by a perceived loss of influence in Theresa May’s administration – what they…
Published in the Financial Times Martin Wolf makes some powerful points on the progressive loss of faith in free markets and free trade (Conservatism buries…
At his press conference announcing the Bank of England’s Inflation Report in February this year, Governor Mark Carney joked that the central bankers’ 15 minutes…
It was something of a moment of revelation – a wake-up call – when what passes for a general election campaign suddenly saw a bizarre…
A private, invitation-only event with top business leaders to discuss where the UK should go with corporate governance based on the suggestions we put forward…
Many of us could not avoid being bombarded with news about how United Airlines caused a paying passenger with a valid ticket to be violently…
Published in the Financial Times In the wake of his attempt to identify a whistleblower, some have called for the resignation of Barclays’ Jes Staley…
Mr Staley, Barclays’ CEO, has been sanctioned because of his attempt to identify a corporate whistleblower. Does the episode reflect poor corporate governance standards at…