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LONDON — It’s an interesting question. Are we already? Could we be more so? Clearly the UK is a desirable place to work, because people come here and stay. It is a sought-after spot for foreign postings. But in spite of much talk from various parties about the importance of highly skilled workers, I think that questions [...] FULHAM ROAD — I didn’t watch the three ‘Chancellors’ debate last night. The UK’s equivalent of party Finance supremos were on Channel 4 talking about the future. The papers are full of it this morning. In many ways. We do tell business leaders that what they ‘do’ is as important as what they [...] EARL’S COURT — There’s a polar bear melting in Trafalgar Square. (There’s one in Copenhagen too.) Somehow, all of my family saw it this weekend. Except me. One child reported back that the key thing is that people are encouraged to touch it. And that is making it melt faster. “The head’s already gone.” And [...] DISTRICT LINE — The newly appointed Lord made a bit of a storm in Parliament with his maiden speech. Perhaps any minimalism in grace and nuance will inadvertently help our regular politicians, by showing how hard it is to speak without edits, teleprompters and producers. Describing his views on small business he said: “I have also seen some [...] TCR — Something quite amazing happened yesterday. Did you see it? No, it wasn’t the Blur concert. Or the Beckham’s nanny, or Tiger talking about Lefty’s wife. Yesterday the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India and China met. They were in Yekaterinburg, of course. And their statement [...] LONDON — It’s a funny old world we live in. The Chinese state aluminium giant Chinalco just failed in its quite generous attempt to help Anglo-Australian Rio Tinto out of a massive great hole. And where do we go to see the sense of remorse? Not to this ‘management’ section of [...] HOME — One of the problems with recessions like the one we are in is that government spending takes place of regular commercial advertisements on TV. Don’t get me wrong, we have reason to love government work. And we hope to do more of it. But the TV in the UK we are regularly assaulted with: “It is easier to run a revolution than a government.” PICCADILLY — I have long said that I hold UK public servants in high regard. I think they are a class apart. People with excellent levels of learning and dedication. I don’t think they are always right, and I have other opinions about the administration of government, [...] ON THE BBC — Stephen Fry is visiting 50 states on TV tonight. He stops by the beautiful old Bretton Woods hotel in New Hampshire. More that 60 years ago, world leaders got together and sorted out a plan for the world economy. They set up the precursor of the World Bank, the [...] |
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