Big ideas are needed to maintain public interest in the General Election campaign, says TERRY MURDEN who offers a list of suggestions General Election campaigns are always too long, often mind-numbingly long. Few begin before an election has been called. This one will run for at least six months because Rishi Sunak has said only […]
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Pioneer who helped invent the future
TERRY MURDEN reviews The Web Before The Web, by Ian Ritchie Long before Gareth Williams, Nigel Eccles and Mike Welch, the instigators of Skyscanner, Fanduel and Blackcircles, became synonymous with Scotland’s tech sector there was one man who could justifiably be regarded as its godfather. Ian Ritchie is not only a veteran of more than […]
Planes, beer and borrowing on 2024 agenda
TERRY MURDEN picks out a number of key developments likely to make headlines in the coming year Forecasting is very difficult, especially when it involves the future, said Yogi Berra, the legendary American baseball coach. As for economic forecasting, it was Ezra Solomon, one of President Nixon’s advisers, who said its only function was to […]
Shameless interview recalls a ghost of Christmas past
DAVID GAFFNEY says seeking redemption doesn’t always go to plan, as Baroness Mone discovered It is more than four years now since Emily Maitlis conducted that BBC interview with Prince Andrew, which left viewers far beyond the royal household wide-eyed and slack-jawed with disbelief. Not to mention the manager of Pizza Express in Woking. During […]
Banking on Sid to fire up shares sale
Jeremy Hunt wants to rekindle the spirit of privatisation to sell the government’s remaining shares in NatWest/RBS, but will it work, asks TERRY MURDEN While the Chancellor’s cuts in national insurance and the uplift in pensions were the stand out headline grabbers, there were a number of eye-catching announcements in the Autumn Statement that had […]