Insights

I am celebrating the anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. Even though it is unnerving to realise that the 30 years that have passed have turned me into a political dinosaur at 44. […]

It is not enough to just say you care about the climate. We want to see effective and efficient measures to cut emissions. The Zero Carbon legislation does not deliver them. […]

To prevent the rise of polarisation, politicians must listen to people who think unlike themselves. […]

As Karl Marx taught us, history repeats itself first as tragedy and then as farce. With Brexit we are long past these two separate stages. […]

When future historians look back at our world today, they will regard it as the end of an era. Over the space of just a few years, the fundamentals of our political and economic order have all changed. […]

Clinical research has found that a doctor’s reassurance promotes health outcomes and healing. With central banks, it is the same. […]

The prospect of a new Taika Waititi movie is usually a reason for joyful anticipation. However, watching the trailer of Jojo Rabbit and reading the first reviews left me appalled. […]

We need less nice and more candour. It is pointless holding conferences where delegates censor their own presentations without being told to. […]