Tag Archives: Boris Johnson
The London Airport nondecision fiasco
In business, it is essential to be fast on your feet, identifying new opportunities and reacting to threats as quickly as possible. In public life, decisions are taken far more slowly, if at all, and, often, for all the … Continue reading
Posted in Blog posts
Tagged Airport Commission, Boris Island, Boris Johnson, CBI, David Cameron, Heathrow, London Airport, Thames Estuary, TUC, Windsor Castle
Leave a comment
What makes a snob?
In Britain, the question is did Andrew Mitchell call the Downing Street police ‘plebs’? Elsewhere it is ‘who on earth is Andrew Mitchell?’ I suspect, at the time of the incident, the police did not know who he was either: … Continue reading
Posted in Blog posts
Tagged Andrew Mitchell, Boris Johnson, common touch, David Cameron, Downing Street, Ealing Comedy, Eton, human insight, Olympics, plebs, police, public school
Leave a comment