In 2016, Michael Gove, then Justice Secretary, gave his now notorious “people have had enough of experts” Sky News interview.[1] The Brexit vote drew deeply…
In 2016, Michael Gove, then Justice Secretary, gave his now notorious “people have had enough of experts” Sky News interview.[1] The Brexit vote drew deeply…
Jonathan Swift would be relishing the political havoc which awaits. He would recognise our current Lilliput. A land inhabited by politicians as troublesome and as…
This article first appeared in PharmaTimes by Joe Zammit-Lucia Some months ago, I was speaking to the chairman of a major UK corporation. He told…
As I watch the woeful spectacle of the appointment of the UK’s next prime minister by an un-representative electoral college that is at the top…
The political world has changed and it is hard – not just practically, but emotionally – to keep up. Last week, I pulled off my…
The polls in recent weeks have been a little nerve-wracking, at least for anyone who believes that democratic politics has the potential to make a…
Immediately following the Euro elections I wrote: “Given the success of the Brexit Party, the likelihood is that the Tories might feel compelled to move to…
This year, we mark 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. That moment was so much bigger than what it meant for the…
“In many countries, new insurgent political movements have upended the status quo that sustained the mainstream political parties, showing them up as out of date…
use something like this? There may have been a time when the main tools of politics were letraset, paper and pens. These days it can…
Gambling is, in my view, a fool’s game: the odds are literally stacked against the punter. But, like anyone who’s ever placed a bet, I…