I just noticed this in a feature on Owen Smith in the Guardian: Now Smith says he is ready to return to the fray, in
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In 2017 we will have to remember that next they will come for you
We know more about what 2017 will be like than we did 2016. I’m not suggesting clairvoyance. What I am suggesting is that a year
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Happy Christmas
We need to believe
Christmas is all about belief, whatever the materialistic gloss. A decade ago I was pretending I believed in Father Christmas to my boys. I am
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In my mail this morning
Fair competition
This is a video I made for City, University of London which I realised I had not shared before. For the record it was unscripted
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A note of thanks to those who’ve let me think
To my own surprise I am slowing down for Christmas. My university time sheet (yes, we have them because I am EU funded) will record
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What I want for Christmas
I have teenage sons. As is usual for such beings they have just remembered that Christmas involves giving as well as receiving presents. So they
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To my surprise I forecast a lot of the last six months pretty accurately: so what of the next period in UK politics?
I published the following blog forecasting what might happen in the case of a pro-Brexit vote on June 19, four days before the referendum. I
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