Whilst Bob Quick may have made a balls of it on Wednesday when he arrived at Number 10 with a memo that may have given warning of the imminent terror arrests, at least he has had the decency and principles to take it on the chin and resign.
If only some utterly incompetent Ministers would have the same principles.
Great hype yesterday that the opium crop production was down 30% in Afghanistan this year (the spinners has spun out the fact that it is still higher than it was 5 years ago). The implicit link was that our military efforts are stopping the production of drugs, reducing the income to the Taleban and therefore…
Someone told me a great, yet also sad, story recently that is a valuable analogy for business. It concerns a crashing aircraft and how the problem was managed at the time. The story, as I remember it goes like this: a transatlantic flight crashed on its way across the ocean, and all souls were lost….
This wonderful piece from Yes Prime Minister, was right at the time it was written: Jim Hacker: “Don’t tell me about the press. I know exactly who reads the papers: – The Daily Mirror is read by people who think they run the country; – The Guardian is read by people who think they ought…
It’s great news: there is very little evidence of Chromium or Cobalt in my blood, which means that my first hip replacement is behaving well, unlike 49,000 others in the UK. And to add to the euphoria on that news, the University of Bristol has published a report that the incidence of Cancer is not…
A man walks into a flying school and books some lessons, lots actually and is prescriptive about what he wants to learn: no take offs, no landings, just a bit of turning and “straight and level”. A flying instructor thinks it strange and tells the authorities. Another man buys a one way ticket and pays…
Cavalry charges: that’s how it used to be in the good old days! But then came the Tank: dirty, ugly, noisy and of course terribly effective in battle. So the horses moved from the battlefield to other parts of the Army. So it must be a bit of a surprise to find that the British Army still…
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