Reading Football Club are on a slide that looks irreversible. By chasing the riches of top flight football they went into debt. When the Premier League dream faded, player salaries and transfer costs were racing past income.
Wages versus Income
At one point, Reading’s salaries were 234% of income. So, in other words, for every pound they received in revenue, they spent £2:34. Unsustainable, yes…until you look at the riches of the ...
I was looking at some pictures of birds I have taken, the other day. One of my favourites is of a kingfisher (see above). They are incredibly quick in flight, so normally all you will see is an orange and blue blur. To see one sitting, looking for breakfast, is incredible. It’s when you realise what it really means to have your breath taken away.
Who Cares?
With pollution flowing down our rivers faster than bungs and donations passing ...
I guess election strategy always existed. There are Labour and Conservative voters who will never change allegiance, so the balance is swung by appealing to the ambivalent and the floaters.
Johnson’s Populism
Since Boris Johnson chaotically crashed into frontline politics, populism has been all the rage. The Conservative strategy of recent years has been to create fear and hate. This allowed them to take votes from deprived areas which ...
To understand the pitfalls of regulation, you need the ability to define it: Deregulation as I see it, is the process of removing government restrictions on industry and allowing it to operate with freedom from regulations. While some (mostly dodgy) people believe that deregulation will stimulate economic growth, others argue that it has catastrophic consequences. This includes harm to public health and safety, environmental damage, and ...
To start this blog, I’d like to get one thing straight. I think looking after the environment is a big deal. We only have one planet hand down to future generations, so in my opinion, it's our responsibility to take care of it. So, when people start talking about deregulating environmental laws, it’s in my nature to get fucking annoyed about it.
Here are some of the reasons why deregulating environmental laws might not be the best ...
