by Sam | 13 May 2015 | Politics
The 2015 Labour leadership election is much more open contest than 2010. Five years ago, the election was a two horse race between the Brothers Miliband, and the view quickly formed that it was a contest between Blarites and Brownites – with the latter...
by Sam | 12 May 2015 | General Election 2015, Politics
The 12 hours that followed the close of the polls on General Election day reminded me of the most memorable episode of the hit HBO fantasy epic Game of Thrones, called ‘Red Wedding’, when many of the shows main characters were brutally killed off...
by Sam | 11 May 2015 | General Election 2015, Politics
So, who saw that coming? A weekend after one of the greatest electoral shocks of living memory, David Cameron is spending today posing for photos with his new MPs and naming his new cabinet. He’s doing so without Nick Clegg and without the horse-trading that...
by Sam | 7 May 2015 | Uncategorized
If you really want to kill your organisation, but do not wish to be pro-active to the point of gunning down the staff or bringing in Enron’s accounting team, probably the best way to do it is to hire people who are unable to see things from the perspective of others....
by Sam | 7 May 2015 | Health
With the election period drawing to a close, and with a new government on the horizon, the parties will shortly be looking at how they deliver on the pledges set out in their manifestos. Policy promises have been plentiful during the election period, no more so in...
