As everyone will have noticed, it’s been a bit hot and sticky recently. This means several things:
As Brits, we naturally fall into reminiscing about the good old days, when it just used to rain miserably
We notice that it’s more likely to be sunny on weekdays and rain at weekends (this is in fact true, and [...]
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As I write, the political landscape has changed. Labour has lost over 300 local government seats, and Ken Livingstone has been ousted as Mayor of London. But the Tories, the key beneficiaries of this sea change, are all too aware that this was not a pro-Tory vote. It was an anti-Gordon Brown vote.
For whatever reason, [...]
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It’s been an exciting day. Today, I headed up to Leicester’s DeMontfort University, where under the keen eye of Edwina Goodwin, first-year Business student were entering the Fox’s Lair. Yup, it’s a thinly disguised version of TV’s Dragon’s Den, and I was lucky enough to be invited to be one of ten on-duty dragons.
Edwina’s put [...]
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So, this morning I spent some time reading the papers to get an idea of their thoughts on the Budget.
What I found most amusing was that many were as interested in Mr Darling’s rather boring personal style and delivery than the actual substance of the Budget itself. Now that might be partly because they had [...]
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