Article 50 has finally been triggered; What next? Liam Halligan Shares his three-point plan to kickstart EU talks
Writing in this newspaper, Boris Johnson said: “After nine months on the launch pad Britain has finally engaged the most famous ignition sequence in diplomatic history.” The Foreign Secretary was referring, of course, to Theresa May’s triggering last Wednesday of Article 50. The UK now has two years to agree the terms under which it […]
Brexit succeeded on the basis of a pledge of spending £350 million a week on the NHS – if not honoured – what’s next? Dag Detter has a solution …
The solution to the NHS funding crisis? Its property The only way for the National Health Service to avoid years of deficits is for it to outsource its buildings to professional management companies Dag Detter – The Guardian – Thursday 9 March 2017 11.30 GMT The NHS was offered little relief in Wednesday’s budget. The proposed […]
New Speaker – Dr. Mary Aiken CyberPsychologist and author of “The Cyber Effect”
Dr Mary Aiken is the world’s leading expert in Forensic Cyberpsychology which is a discipline that combines psychology, criminology, and technology to investigate the intersection where technology and human behaviour meet. She has a Masters of Science in Cyberpsychology and a PhD in Forensic Cyberpsychology, her research interests include cyber security, cyber-reporting of crime, cyberstalking, virtual […]
Participatory Democracy
Democracy seems to be the word for 2017 – Participatory Democracy is vital if we are to combat the challenges that we are facing as a planet on an individual basis. MiVote is an information platform that presents you with a variety of perspectives on all major issues up for debate in the Australian Parliament […]
By this time of the year most new year resolutions have waned somewhat – our leadership expert John Mattone explains how we can make them stick!
How a Core Purpose Statement (CPS) Can Make You Better FEBRUARY 2, 2017 BY JOHN MATTONE If you don’t have your own Core Purpose Statement (CPS), you’re missing out. Thinking of yourself as a “brand” like a company brand may seem unorthodox, but it makes a lot of sense. One of the things I encourage […]
“Theresa May’s industrial strategy: what took them so long?” Diane Coyle Professor of Economics at Manchester University explains….
Diane Coyle – The Guardian 24th January 2017. Ignoring the need for a strategic economic policy has left many communities outside of London in decline – the government’s plan is long overdue For just twenty years, from the early 1960s until the early 80s, the politicians and officials responsible for economic policy in the UK […]
Our Trump Expert Thomas Wright on Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy and Negotiation Methods ….
January 19, 2017 12:00 pm JST Thomas Wright: The dangerous side to the art of the deal ‘Appeasement’ strategy risks sacrificing security for trade agreements with China Donald Trump thinks of himself as a dealmaker above all else. For over 30 years, the new U.S. president has criticized his predecessors from both parties for their […]
Really insightful piece from Dag Detter on “The Public Wealth of Cities” – His book is due out later this year.
Cash-strapped cities, don’t seek private cash – sweat your own assets Just as Airbnb turned spare rooms into extra income, cities should start making money from their own real estate Dag Detter – The Guardian – Monday 9th January, 2017. Most cities are strapped for cash – in rich countries, as well as poor ones. […]
Happy New Year … We are kicking off our blog with a brilliant TEDx Talk by one of our most demanded speakers Philippe Legrain
“Refugees are not a burden,” says critically acclaimed political economist and commentator Philippe Legrain. Based on his experience as founder of Open Political Economy Network (OPEN) and writer of numerous books on the subject, Legrain shares how opening our arms to refugees can yield economic dividends. In his talk, Philippe states that refugees are creative, […]
2016 has been an extraordinary year for a number of reasons not least the election of Donald Trump – In our final blog for 2016 – Thomas Wright our Trump Expert profiles his top cabinet picks and what they represent …
ORDER FROM CHAOS Trump’s team of rivals, riven by distrust Thomas Wright -The Brookings Institution – Thursday, December 15, 2016 Editor’s Note: President-elect Donald Trump’s top cabinet picks—including Mike Flynn, Jim Mattis, and Rex Tillerson—represent different foreign policy and national security factions, writes Thomas Wright. Together, they could fundamentally alter U.S. foreign policy. This piece originally appeared […]
‘End of History’ Author Says Donald Trump Could Signal a Shift From the Liberal World Order
Francis Fukuyama says the U.S.’s role depends on whether Mr. Trump rules like a businessman or a ‘mafia boss’ Excerpt from an interview with Ian Talley for the Washington Street Journal – November 27th 2016 Francis Fukuyama, the Stanford University professor who famously said Western-style liberal democracy was triumphing in an “End of History” global […]
The Economist have republished this 2007 piece on Immigration by Philippe Legrain. His thinking back then is very relevant now.
Immigrants – Waves of fear In a controversial new book a British economist asks why so many people are against the free movement of labour Philippe Legrain – The Economist 2007 FOR years now, free trade and free movement of capital have been respectable economic tenets, espoused—if sometimes reluctantly—by most politicians. But no sane politician in […]