The exciting news in the Cookson household is that Mrs Cookson is pregnant. This has prompted some rather scary trips to Mothercare, Mamas and Papas and John Lewis so far. It has also prompted a trip to the car showroom as the realization of schlepping all of this child-related banter around the country to...
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The Devil’s Deal
Brilliant, aggressive, flawed are words which only begin to describe the hero and the villain of Richard Lambert’s first brilliant novel. Weaving his extensive business experience into the story you are led through the exciting world of small company finance in a masterful way.
Calm Down Dave
In 2010 David Cameron lost an election which, according to the author, "he should have won hands down"
In 'Calm Down Dave' Tony Drury provides overwhelming evidence for his reservations about the Cameron led 'liberal lurch' of the Conservative Party.
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On the perils of public sector productivity
Another week and the coalition government give me more material to blog about. And I thought this blogging thing would be difficult! Sunday’s Observer had a piece about Oliver Letwin’s desire to tackle 20 years of falling public sector productivity. A spokesman for the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said he did not know...
Viral marketing and randomness
I give a lecture in my second year microeconomics course at King’s on irrationality. It’s not in the standard intermediate microeconomics sequence but I think it’s incredibly important. The lecture focuses on the role psychology plays in economics, which leads into the emerging field of behavioural economics. Traditional, neoclassical economics assumes that “man” is...
Olympic grumbles
I’m grumpy about the Olympics. I have always been skeptical about the so-called benefits of hosting the expensive games and now that I haven’t got any tickets I’m doubly angry. I estimate I’ve contributed over £500 in personal taxation to fund London 2012. That’s based on the 30 million UK taxpayers contributing £6 billion...
Stop burying your head in the sand – write off bad debts
Over the weekend European finance ministers extended another £11 billion of “aid” to embattled Greece. Given that default looks highly likely if not inevitable, Europe can only be burying their heads in the sand with this “extend and pretend” strategy of continually extending finance to Greece under the pretence that they will be able...
Lies, damn lies and statistics
This morning, ex-Apprentice contestant Katie Hopkins appeared on BBC Breakfast deriding the public sector for striking when the private sector works harder and gets paid less. I almost spat out my pretentious organic muesli all over my Habitat coffee table. Let’s hope I never need the guarantee. Katie is apparently not alone in her...
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Goodbye Dave
Tony Drury's first book in the trilogy about the new direction of the Conservative Party, where Tony reveals his very personal reasons for leaving the party after 30 years of dedicated service to it.
In his own unique way Tony is able to capture the mood of many in the party and he has had the courage to put it in print. Along the way he adds many fascinating experiences and anecdotes.
"Goodbye Dave" is a 'must read' for anyone with any political interest.
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