Government

The far right will always continue to move the needle. — There’s no satisfying the right wing. Water is wet, and the right wing will always continue to move the needle. It shouldn’t be any surprise, really, after the GOP spent decades carefully planning for this moment. A time where they would be able to funnel as much money as they…

Turns out the nation doesn’t want to be Florida — Well, it finally happened. It was really just a matter of time. My DDS (DeSantis Derangement Syndrome) has intersected with my love of polls. They didn’t just intersect. It was a high speed, head-on collision that has put Ronnie’s campaign on life support. Vis-à-vis Trump, that is. Ronnie announced on…

Today, I want to shed light on the importance of culture change within government organizations. Culture plays a significant role in shaping the effectiveness and efficiency of public services, and it has the power to drive positive transformation. As we strive for innovation, collaboration, and citizen-centricity, cultivating a culture of…

They are trying to enshrine state pre-emption into law — Texas is at it again. Because it’s always Texas. There is legislation sitting on Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk waiting for his John Hancock. Legislation that will override the will (and the votes) of millions of Texans. See, Texas has a little problem. It’s a deep, deep red, almost maroon, state…

Why did the media frame the debt-ceiling deal in terms of victory and defeat? — Well, everybody, we did it. America narrowly avoided a massive unforced error when Republicans and Democrats agreed to raise the debt ceiling for another year or two. Hooray, we didn’t create a totally unnecessary global financial crisis that would have unemployed millions and cost the country uncountable billions of dollars!

After the first few years of school, I never learnt anything useful. — Somewhere in Proverbs, there is a verse that runs “Train up a child in the way he should go, and he will return to it.” What it really means is indoctrinate your child early, and he is highly unlikely to chose a different path. …

The West is Trending Right Once upon a time, when I was in Spain for the winter months, something strange happened to me. This took place about ten years ago. I’ve been wintering in Spain for 17 years. At the time, I considered the above small white village in the…

A quieter week given half-term — yet feels like summer is fairly racing toward us now. What progress did we make? A bit more headspace and process clarity — which hopefully will carry over into what may be a crunchy few weeks of activity. Who did I connect with? Connected…

I first joined the Labour Party as a teenager in the New Labour years and it has been a huge part of my life ever since. I have been an advisor to senior MPs, a Councillor and a Prospective Parliamentary Candidate. I have ran campaigns, knocked on tens of thousands…