It’s about leadership, Mr Johnson. Are you up to that? This is a time of literal crisis. Forget about the mistake of the deluded “herd immunity” approach. No sane person thinks the intentions with that weren’t of the best, but please recognise that it was misguided (the science didn’t “shift”, only the QA of the […]
http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/857936372 Rope-A-Dope In October 1974, Muhammad Ali fought George Foreman for the World Heavyweight Championship, in Kinshasa, Zaire. The contest was advertised as The Rumble In The Jungle. The fight confounded all expectations. Whilst the first round was conventional enough, in the second – much to the consternation of his own team – Ali […]
Art Of Storytelling The essence of a good story is not so much a lofty moral or an expansive story arc – though there’s nothing wrong with those, if well executed – but rather the handling of the individual scenes along the way. It’s the small details that draw you in and get you hooked. […]
The answer to the benefit problem or an idealistic pipe-dream? A progressive measure or a scroungers’ charter? Those are some of the things said about “Universal Basic Income”, aka “Citizen’s Income”. Currently, several countries are looking seriously at the feasibility of the concept. What Does It Mean? The idea is that every individual should receive a […]
The UK state pension system is in financial difficulty. Can we remove the problem by moving to a funded basis? Some think we can. They’re wrong, as it would be no solution at all.[1] The most recent proposal of this kind, covering the UK as a whole, comes from Reform Scotland, which styles itself as […]