So the government have decided to ban new diesel and petrol cars and vans from 2040. In the immortal words of John McEnroe: “You cannot…
So the government have decided to ban new diesel and petrol cars and vans from 2040. In the immortal words of John McEnroe: “You cannot…
It must be hard to be a certain type of conservative in today’s world. Maybe it always was. But today things seem to be changing…
I was recently chatting to the chairman of a FTSE 100 company. I suggested that the UK economy reminded me of a failing company in…
This post is a version of one that first appeared in Town and Country Planning magazine. When I first found myself writing about new ideas in the…
I have seen it many times in the business world. The Chief Financial Officer promoted to be chief executive but never stops actually being and…
I recently came across this article by Jan-Werner Mueller that de-constructs what ‘populism’ really means. Mueller has also authored a book titled What is Populism? In summary,…
If you went back to the early 1870s, you would find that Birmingham – a stinking cesspit of great wealth and horrific poverty – was…
An American travelling in, say, Nigeria who is asked to make a cash payment for someone to ’smooth the process’ they should be doing as…
Now the dust has settled on the election result (if not its consequences), it might be worth re-visiting the question about whether May calling the…
Any deal between the DUP and the Conservatives will be a disaster for the Conservatives, the DUP and Northern Ireland – both sides should walk…
The Conservative Party has complained to the BBC that the audience at the leaders’ debate (the one where only one leader was missing) was unreasonable,…
The Tories will win the upcoming election. They will do so either handsomely or shockingly – with a majority of more than 100 seats. They…