Firstly apologies to the the 1980’s pop group Madness for the title of this blog. The Sun newspaper  reported last week that… Read More →

I do not suppose that there is a perfect way of sacking someone.  It is never nice and never easy –… Read More →

Walk out the door? Maybe not quite as easy as you may think. The challenge for anyone in a long term… Read More →

The fathers of Scottish devolution came up with a system so complicated as to confuse even the most passionate observer and… Read More →

Just about a year ago, as voting in the UK General Election came to an end, an exit poll predicted that… Read More →

I am sitting by the hospital bedside of an elderly relative who fell last week and broke her hip. It is… Read More →