Funky Thursday – Only So Much Oil In The Ground
Chris Huhne yesterday spoke about the thousands of new green jobs that are going to be created over the coming years. In Scotland alone they are talking of 48,000 jobs being created by 2020. So in recognition of the country slowly weaning itself off fossil fuels I thought a little Tower of Power was in […]
Kushti Bok Roma
220,000. This is how many Roma gypsies were murdered by the Nazi’s, roughly 25% of the total Roma population living in Europe at that time. The reason I know that figure is because I have Roma roots, my great-grandmother being a Scottish Traveler and my great-grandfather being an English Romany gypsy. Therefore I have strong […]
Controversial Idea #2
Government doesn’t create jobs, businesses create jobs. That was the slightly harsh answer I gave someone at a dinner party this week when they asked me how government and politicians were going to create jobs. My answer wasn’t well received by my dinner guest as she suddenly thought I was some right wing neo-liberal nut. […]
Controversial Idea #1
What I am about to say may be controversial to some people but stay with me because it comes from a desire to get better service for users of public services and not as a crusade to do away with the state. This week I had a problem with a new product I’ve just bought […]
2.5million Year History of Leadership
Just watched a very interesting video of psychologist Mark van Vugt fusing evolutionary history and science to show how the evolution of leadership affects us all. Some interesting ideas I took from it include: That democracy may have started in the African savannah and not in Greece. The reason human brains may be larger than […]