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Marketing = consumers = customers = cash
And so, as we enjoy our short, hot summer, a new generation of university graduates return their rented gowns and mortar boards and head off into the big, wide world. The lucky ones know what they want to do and … Continue reading
Education: every child has a talent at something
For how long will we say that our educational system is our country’s greatest failing? It won’t surprise you when I say for as long as our inadequate career politicians are in charge:
Property values divide the nation
Last week Labour leaderEd Miliband spent over an hour telling us two things: that he wants us to be ‘one nation’ and that he went to comprehensive school. I quite like the ‘one nation’ thing building, as it does, on … Continue reading
What makes a snob?
In Britain, the question is did Andrew Mitchell call the Downing Street police ‘plebs’? Elsewhere it is ‘who on earth is Andrew Mitchell?’ I suspect, at the time of the incident, the police did not know who he was either: … Continue reading
When a human right is a human wrong
Sitting, lounging, reading books – as I am now – by a swimming pool overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, it is natural to absorb more sunshine than news. But the full horror of the Denver Dark Knight killings has penetrated this tranquil … Continue reading