by Bruce Cotterill | Aug 3, 2024 | Uncategorised
Most of us believe, or would like to believe, that those who put their hands up for public office do so with the intention of seeking something better for the people they represent and the country as a whole. We are currently seeing an episode play out, almost daily,...
by Bruce Cotterill | Jul 20, 2024 | Uncategorised
The attempted assassination of former US President Donald Trump has changed the world. Again. In all probability, it changed the US’ Presidential election, too. That election is due to be held in November. Given the differing policies of the two protagonists, one a...
by Bruce Cotterill | Jul 6, 2024 | Uncategorised
I’ve just spent 10 days in the United States. Most of my time has been spent in the Southern states. Think Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. It’s clear that the world’s last remaining superpower has many of the problems that we have and plenty more on...
by Bruce Cotterill | Jun 22, 2024 | Uncategorised
They say that there are lies, damn lies and statistics. I don’t know much about the other two, but the stats are giving us bad news on a weekly basis. Everywhere we look, we seem to be underperforming. We’ve talked about most of it already. The state of the economy,...
by Bruce Cotterill | Jun 8, 2024 | Uncategorised
For the first time in a generation, we now have two sides of the political spectrum that stand for very different things. Traditionally, our two major parties have straddled the political centre and that has resulted in decades of very stable government. But as MMP...
by Bruce Cotterill | May 30, 2024 | Uncategorised
Normally we have to wait until the budget comes out before we hear that most overused of post-budget phrases, “there’s nothing in the budget for me”. This time around, the serial compainers have beaten even the finance minister to it, with claims that there’s nothing...
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