Leadership, or the sad lack of it
Brexit has cruelly exposed the western world’s lack of leadership, nowhere more than in the United Kingdom. Murray Ritchie poses the question: How did it come to this? In the good old…
Leadership
Even in 2019, some are more equal than others
Dave Rawlings says there’s merit in the idea that we want the brightest among us to be running things, but poses the question: do we really want the greedy in power? I…
Leadership and the power of metaphor
As a general rule it’s important to avoid ‘mind reading’ or assuming you know what another person is thinking, writes Dave Rawlings. At first sight it might look like a variety of…
Is the UK heading for a general election?
To the dismay of Brexiteers a hard-left Labour leader now appears more in tune with the business establishment than the splintered Tories, writes Murray Ritchie. Slowly but inexorably the divisions over Brexit…
Facing the future
Dave Rawlings helps get around that perennial problem……….When resolution is not enough! Are you looking forward to 2018 in hope and anticipation or in fear and trepidation? That might depend on whether…
For democracy to succeed must Brexit fail?
The catastrophic failure of Brexit – or at least a muddlesome mess at the end of the Brexit process – might give pause for people not just in the UK but across…
Life and politics: a war of words
Political parties create conflict, always highlighting the differences between them. There’s no political advantage in finding common ground, writes Dave Rawlings. An earlier article has looked at how each of us lives…
Rejecting the future
The United States and Britian have turned inward and away from their places in the international order. Germany and France are preparing to take their place, Geoff Kitney writes. Two great voices…
Industrial strategy and innovation across the UK
As the United Kingdom steams towards Brexit, much attention is directed at the process of leaving. But where is the country heading? A House of Lords committee asks if the UK is really…
When the worm turns How we reinforce past choices
David Rawlings poses the question: if the reality of “control” turns out to be different from the promise will people change their minds? Left-wing or right-wing. Socialist or capitalist. Brexiter or Remainer….