UK Watching the rise and demise of 4 British Prime Ministers, one has to question why a party, well entrenched in power, could manage to have such catastrophic leadership. Cameron lost the UK to the doomed Brexit, default replacement May failed to reverse this, or enact it, Johnson mismanaged the response to the Pandemic and …
Category: Leadership
Philosophy: Existence of Purpose
The Big Bang may not be well expressed? The difference between the dynamic expanding universe and the starting point of mass, without meaning or form or isolation, is the combination of infinite possibility with the potential of all (the finite) energy. However dramatic the circumstance: it does not bear out if intent or purpose was …
How Immigration has helped Germany
In 2015 Germany opened its borders to a million refugees. Angela Merkel suffered criticism from the Right who disagreed. By 2017, there was a prevalent view that Wir schaffen das would be Merkel’s undoing, a “catastrophic mistake” as Donald Trump said in January that year. “The worst decision a European leader has made in modern times,” Nigel …
Stupid People
"Stupid People" muttered Jeremy Corbyn. The Stupid People in the ranks of the Conservative Government rounded on him claimed he muttered "Stupid woman" directed at the Prime Minister Theresa May. You can read his lips, he said "Stupid People". Yet many very convinced Right Wing believers were adamant that he said something he did not …
Shoot to kill
The Prime Minister, electioneering, has said that she fully supports "shoot to kill" while defending herself from the resonant accusation that she reduced the police forces during her time as Home Secretary and since by nearly 50,000. "Shoot to kill" may sound like a brief action of a few armed officers but the concentration of …
Clinton and Bush
Bill Clinton and George Bush reveal their friendship when they appear together on TV. So it seems, at least. Perhaps they will cause world peace together but something is odd about this caucus of ex presidents. It is as though Clinton has embraced the devil vs the rehabilitation of Bush. The presidential campaign costs 3 …
The Euro crisis
There are many ways to "solve" the crisis. You do not win a game of chess by barking at the pieces on the board, but sacrifice can have huge dividends. Part of the crisis is one of leadership. Our leaders keep talking but not facing the fact that the economic system is riddled with corrupt …
The end of war
The End of War is a notion, certainly, but it is also a statement of intent. Many do not understand war as anything other than a force that some evil leads our side into, until our side bluffs its way into warfare and we then question if our leadership really does know what it is …