by Tom | May 21, 2010 | Business, Government, Personal
Fascinating but depressing article from John Robb. The global economic system has co-opted many of the functions of the nation state to its own ends. Look at the support given to banks, the ability of BP to stifle reporting on the Deepwater Horizon oil leak.My take on...
by Tom | May 21, 2010 | Business, Government, Personal, Reading
Great guide to reading statistics from the House of Commons (PDF).The summary questions given in the title are spot on: all journalists should answer these questions on our behalf before running with any statistic-based news item.
by Tom | May 6, 2010 | Government
I think that is what most people expect, no?No party to have overall majority.Conservative party to have overall majority
by Tom | May 6, 2010 | Business, Government
This really is rethinking the company. To hell with job security. IT giant IBM told Personnel Today that the firm’s global workforce of 399,000 permanent employees could reduce to 100,000 by 2017, the date by which the firm is due to complete its HR...
by Tom | May 6, 2010 | Government
Great speech by Brown a few days ago. Just imagine if he had combined this sort of barnstorming with an election in 2007. Gordon Brown’s speech to Citizens UK
by Tom | May 5, 2010 | Government, Reading
Your final election reading before choosing tomorrow:FiveThirtyEight has some great articles, including their findings that a hung parliament could be good for Cameron if he just goes for it.Strong article from Johann Hari pointing towards the lack of change in the...
