2008 was a thoroughly bemusing year for me. I found very little to inspire me politically and I think this blog has suffered as a result. If I began the year with an excess of optimism, the opposite seems to be the case by the end of the year. It was a year where the… Continue reading Quaequam Blog! in 2008
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And the award for most patronising bollocks aimed those plucky ladies goes to…
Well done to Scottish Widows and Dods for coming up with what is possibly the most ridiculously patronising design for a website aimed at women in public life I’ve ever come across (and as one of the organisers of the Campaign for Gender Balance Awards last year I speak from experience). It isn’t just the… Continue reading And the award for most patronising bollocks aimed those plucky ladies goes to…
Is groupthink really the correct response to financial meltdown?
David Cameron has announced his party will work with the government to tackle the continuing financial turbulence, whatever that means. Nick Clegg has apparently said much the same. But is this really the correct response? There are certain instances – for example when the country is physically under threat at a time of war –… Continue reading Is groupthink really the correct response to financial meltdown?