Hi,
Just read Matt Slater’s great post on the issue of going into administration for Portsmouth Football Club. Some of you may not be football fans – that’s not important. Step beyond the content and look at the human (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘Patterns’
Portsmouth FC in admin, RBS in loss: the same or different?
Thursday, February 25th, 2010The number one reason for the pace of life in 2010
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010Hi, I recently commented on environmental sustainability and referred to the pace of life in the ‘modern’ world.
I said that I’d let you know what is responsible for this pace of life. A pace of life that is often felt to be quickening and increasingly ’stressful’. A pace of life that brings to mind that old phrase: (more…)
MPs expenses update
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010Hi, how are you? I hope you’re having fun and already enjoying the new year and looking forward to a great 2010.
As I speak it’s snowing here, and the garden is bathed in white. It brings to mind the saying ‘pure as the driven snow’ which seems to have been a metaphor used by Shakespeare in various plays.
Well, you may have read some of my prior posts on (more…)
Nobel prize for peace goes to president who decides to send 30000 more troops to war
Thursday, December 10th, 2009Maybe I’m the only one who doesn’t get it. Maybe I’ve misinterpreted what the concept of peace, or of war, or both. Maybe all the troops are doing is going to have a cup of tea and stretch their legs and help with the washing.
Maybe pigs fly. (more…)
Iraq seeks permission for new nuclear programme
Thursday, October 29th, 2009Wow! There is some irony here. It is twenty-eight years since Israel destroyed a nuclear reactor in Iraq, nineteen years after British and American forces sought to destroy the last nuclear reactors in Iraq, and six years after an invasion which cited WMDs [possibly including nuclear material] as a reason for the invasion.
Yet there are calls (more…)
Trashing our resources
Sunday, June 7th, 2009Hi, in the midst of MPs expenses and economics posts. Something a little more sobering, and interconnected with these.
This post was prompted by a conversation this morning with (more…)
Who’s contributed to sustaining the system of MPs expenses?
Friday, May 29th, 2009Hi, the next little instalment on MPs expenses.
In the last post I spoke of those in parliament being the primary (more…)
MPs expenses Scandal – ‘gravy-gate’
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009Yes, I’m back! What an untoward break…finishing a book, of which more to come in a few days time I hope.
Anyway…it’s been intriguing to watch the UK parliament ’scandal of MP expenses’ evolve over the time I’ve been away. In not addressing it as it started I’ve had time to watch the patterns and will pull a few out for you over the next few blogs.
First let’s start with two points:
- There are lots of patterns to consider, I’ll pick out a few rather than all of them.
- When considering the patterns see if you can step out of the context and see the patterns elsewhere – ie: the patterns exist beyond the context of UK MPs or parliaments.
It’s also worth noting that even though this might be an emotive topic for some/many people, the identification of patterns and the definition of solutions requires a cool, disassociated mind – that allows you to see the wood for the trees.
All the best on the blogs!
David
Vince Cable, The Storm: The World Economic Crisis and What it Means
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009Hi, this is a post about language and interpretation, not really economics – honest.
On Sunday 29th March I went to listen to Vince (more…)
Violence, profile and subversion
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009Hi, this is really just a post with a few thoughts that are dipping their toes at the edge of my mind.
There are three of them and I sense there is a pattern connecting them. Perhaps you can allow them to dip their toes too and see what arises.
Firstly: (more…)