by Bruce Cotterill | Nov 8, 2021 | Uncategorised
I’ve learned a number of lessons from the pandemic. The most important are about the features of life that we once took for granted. As I’ve reflected on those things, there is one that stands out. It’s something we’ve always had in this...
by Bruce Cotterill | Oct 25, 2021 | Uncategorised
It’s a great line, that: “The team of 5 million”. It may have been written by a public relations person, but it has been delivered eloquently and repeatedly by our Prime Minister. So much so that she has made it her own. It’s a very clever...
by Bruce Cotterill | Oct 10, 2021 | Uncategorised
You can just about imagine the farcical scenes unfolding in the Cabinet room. The leader looks puzzled. “What can we give them this week?” “Well, we can’t give them anything. There are too many cases.” “What about walks on the...
by Bruce Cotterill | Sep 28, 2021 | Uncategorised
Let’s be positive. Despite everything going on around us at the moment, we’ve had a couple of bright lights. And we need to give credit where it’s due. You see, this week we finally took a couple of steps forward in the fight to get our economy, and...
by Bruce Cotterill | Sep 11, 2021 | Uncategorised
In the past couple of weeks I’ve noticed a bit more commentary starting to appear about the behaviour of the media. One of the often repeated charges is that the media is demonstrating bias in favour of the Government and against the various Opposition parties....
by Bruce Cotterill | Aug 28, 2021 | Uncategorised
It was a couple of Fridays ago — five days before the latest lockdown. I had a spare afternoon so I decided to get a haircut and a Covid jab. The haircut, at least, was straightforward. Then I walked into the local medical centre. It was about 1:45pm and the place was...
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