8 years ago today…
On Monday 30 April 2012, I gave birth to Truth Legal Limited. Sharing a desk, in the office of local surveyor, Andrew Kempston-Parkes, I was free. I knew that it [...]
In Memory of Their Sacrifice
Yesterday, The Daily Express ran with the headline IN MEMORY OF THEIR SACRIFICE. I do not know the specifics of the brave medics who perished (often without PPE), but [...]
The Government of National Blame
Regular readers to this blog may have spotted my prediction on 4 April here that Operation “Nail Starmer” had begun. I foresaw that Starmer would be invited into the General’s [...]
Insects, hot water and Covid
Shhh.... I have a secret. Promise not to tell? Last night, I forgot about the NHS clap. I know, I feel dreadful about it. As the clattering – and why [...]
In the spotlight
Yesterday, as Starmer took on Raab for the first time at a mostly virtual PMQs, the Yorkshire Post printed my essay - featured in this blog - regarding the pros [...]
Show Me The Money: The CBIL Disaster
This week I was featured in The Yorkshire Post with an opinion piece on the CBIL Loan Scheme. It was featured online and also in the paper. Read the full [...]
Where to make decisions
If decision-making is the primary element of your job, as it is for me, then it’s imperative that you make the best possible decisions, given that your actions are likely [...]
99-year old Tom Moore shouldn’t have needed to do that
Today, legendary Captain Tom Moore opened – virtually – the new nightingale hospital in my hometown of Harrogate. By walking, very slowly, 100 times around his garden, Captain Tom has [...]
Where to work?
Yesterday, I considered the definition of work. Today, my thoughts turn to – where do we do our best work? Running a firm of knowledge workers, I have always been [...]
What is work? Enter: Universal Basic Income (UBI)
Before this crisis, most of us had some sort of work to perform. You might be thinking: what about the retired and the super-rich – surely, they didn’t perform any [...]