Here in America, the main news story is the Republican primaries. The top concern is a Pew research report that economic mobility here is less than in Europe and Canada. What a blow to people’s sense of national identity. What a blow to economic development. And this in the land of opportunity. Everybody has their own…
In these difficult times we are hearing a lot about the importance of getting value for money and the need for business to create value. We hear it from bankers, from Chancellors of the Exchequer, Prime Ministers and business people. But also in these difficult times we are hearing a lot more about…
At Question Time in the House of Lords this morning Lord Grocott asked the Leader of the House, Lord Strathclyde how many representations had been received from the public in response to the House of Lord Reform Draft Bill and White Paper. He replied that a modest number of letters and other written submissions had…
Like everybody else I was disappointed that the new Thameslink carriages will be made in Germany and not in Derby. This decision seemed contrary to our ambition to balance the economy more in the direction of manufacturing and less in financial services. After all, look at the success of rescuing Rolls Royce, which is now…
On Thursday we had a statement in the House of Lords about the News Corporation and BSkyB merger. The debate reminded me of Denis Healy’s advice to stop digging when you are in a hole. The Minister explained all the rules that would ensure that BSkyB would remain financially and editorially independent. Yet each questioner asserted…
