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Watching Westminster - Calm down and carry on
Making changes quickly and without upset is easier said than done.WE ARE BEGINNING to get a feel for how this government handles pressure. Plans rarely turn out the way they were meant to and David Cameron is seeing this first hand as he assesses his init...
ATM Charity Giving Looks Set to Become Part of the UK Big Society
The UK Coalition government is calling on banks and ATM providers to let them know how to make charitable donations via ATM happen in the UK. Consultations are taking place in the early months of 2011 and will be led by Cabinet Office Minister Francis Mau...
We need a Green Budget: Business leaders urge Osborne
With David Cameron’s announcement today that he wants to see all public services run by volunteers and private companies, it is becoming abundantly clear that we have here the most ideologically driven government of recent times. But why we ask – can’t th...
What Does John Prescott Think Of Ed Miliband?
It required a luxury cruise on a Cunard liner for John Prescott's candid feelings about Tony Blair, Grumpy Gordon Brown and Red Ed Miliband to be revealed.
Some 700 passengers on the Queen Mary 2 the Cunard flagship received the benefit of the fomer de...
Is Scotland’s Green investment being Scammed?
Green industry experts have warned that the Governments £1 billion pledge for a new green investment bank will be “too low” to have any impact in boosting the low carbon economy. Ministers have also been told that the institution proposed needed to be an...
Tough decisions to overcome tough times
David Cameron's call for tough measures, austerity and slashed expenditure to overcome the enormous fiscal deficit comes as no surprise; a Prime Minister saddled with a 156 billion pound deficit could not have acted differently. While his speech placing t...
Is Britain moving to a phase of uncertainty?
While the question "who would be king?' may be top most on everybody's mind, a more sober observation would be "regardless of who would be the king, is the nation heading for some uncertain times?" The people's mandate as things stand seems to indicate a ...
WHAT POLITICIANS CAN LEARN FROM HEINZ TOMATO KETCHUP by Mark Artus
Mark Artus is the CEO of one of Europe's leading branding agencies, 1 HQ and has more than 20 years experience in both the UK and USA. He was formerly chief development officer at Fitch Worldwide and was responsible for establishing and developing Fitch A...
Outcomes of the 2010 UK General Election
t the time of writing it is mid morning of 7th May and I am still following the closest General Election in living memory. We have entered a power vacuum. Who presently runs Britain, who is making the decisions and what of our "first past the post" electo...
How would a hung parliament affect property prices and renting in London?
Well the results are in! And it seems that we are nowhere near being any closer to finding out who is going to be prime minister or which coalition will form the government.
There is still much to be resolved between the three main political parties an...
ELECTION BRINGS HOPE OF AN UPTURN IN FORTUNE FOR THE JOB MARKET
With election polls pointing towards a change of government this week, a survey of senior executives by management careers site TheLadders.co.uk has found that 64% are optimistic that a change of government will bring improvements to the job market.
T...
The Press as a Tool for Political Condemnation
The televised Prime Ministerial debates have added a compelling new edge to the electioneering campaigns of all parties. One of the most notable and potentially momentous implications of this new form of political canvassing has been the unexpected leap i...
Election Debate and Political Body Language
Tonight sees the first of three historic live debates between the three main party leaders Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg.
All week I've been doing interviews as to what we should be looking for in the body language of the three as they pe...
A truly 21st century election
Following Barack Obama's victory in the US Presidential elections in 2008, everyone is looking at political parties in the UK to see if they can replicate Obama's success in online campaigning.
Obama managed to bring online campaigning to the local le...
Quick 'no fault' divorces must be enforced
The current divorce system which allows one person to be blamed for a failed marriage is driving couples to court, three out of four professionals stated.They urged for the medieval fault-based law system to be reformed so that couples are free to end the...