….and may the phrase of the year be the delicious ‘preposterously amazing’ 🎉

Devastating news, and on New Years Eve of all days. Goodness knows what I’m going to fill my days with now.

The whole Canadian annex feed is simply chapter one of a distraction story, that will be returned to repeatedly, as life under the new president unfolds in its own unpredictable but undoubtedly damaging way.

Dubai is home to many wealthy and well connected people. I can’t help but feel that if this young lad had been the son, brother or nephew of a well connected person in that country the outcome would be very different. UAE authorities are strict when it suits them.

The earnings taper is such an obvious and progressive policy, it beggars belief that it wasn’t introduced in the first place.

Very true

Right leaning !

I hand my used pay & display car park ticket to someone when there’s still a couple of hours left on it. I make a point of telling them how much time is left in anticipation of enhanced appreciation.

Es una amenaza y nunca lo hará, pero tiene razón. Sin embargo, Estados Unidos necesita ser más reflexivo con su política exterior. Su historial es terrible.

Any plan for change has to be clear and concise on what will be delivered as a result. We all know a new government will want to deliver change. What we still don’t know is precisely what that change is going to deliver. Without that clarity, the general public will simply not get behind the plan.

Every government will make several difficult decisions every six months. In a world where the perception of good work of government is perpetually drowned out by perceptions of bad work, governments must be constantly relaunching. Artificial intelligence and social media has a role to play here.

Over an medicalised society is often, though not exclusively, a symptom of a system that is failing on prevention. The more investment in prevention, the less there will be evidence of medicalisation. Results of prevention take 10 years to emerge. Most governments don’t see past three years.

Any relationship with Kim is going to require time and patience if it is ultimately to be productive. Unfortunately these are not the attributes that come naturally to Trump.

Parties of all colours often undervalue the rare politician (like John Prescott) that ‘says it like it is’ and has an abundance of self-awareness. It’s the latter attribute that often leads to disaster for them personally, their party and politics more broadly. RIP John.

It’s always intrigued me the point at which those people with the potential to good with their fame and influence step into their echo chamber, and rarely return.

I hope you read comments in this better place !

Brings a new meaning to the phrase ‘love rocket’.

Liberal or populist, the UK needs a strong international political and economic presence more now than in the last 70yrs. Starmer needs to be busy, so needs a strong deputy with a domestic focus and a stable, united Cabinet. Let’s hope.