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What Native Americans and the starving Irish had in common
The heartwarming tale of pay-it-forward with a 173 year gap. 173 years ago, Ireland was starving. 3 million people either died or were forced to emigrate due to the potato famine. Amid that crisis, a tribe of Native Americans collected … Continue reading
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Should Govts issue vouchers to consumers to save the High Street?
Why ending ‘lockdown’ must come with ongoing support and in phases in order kickstart High Street spending post COVID-19. Joe Lynam & Chris Leslie Originally published on HuffPost UK The much desired ‘V’ shape recovery in consumption may well be … Continue reading
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When Joe met Joe – the day Joe Biden shocked me at Davos
Now that Joe Biden is certain to be the Democratic nominee and has a 50% chance at least of being the next president of the United States, my mind wandered back to the day I met him in Switzerland 17 … Continue reading
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The world needs a new Bretton Woods after COVID19
By David McWilliams and Joe Lynam for the Irish Times The world as we know it is about to change radically as a result of COVID19. How we live our lives, how we work, how we socialise and how … Continue reading
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Japan – a Uniform place
Japan – a uniform country It was a near perfect semi circle around the coach. Around 20 teenage boys – immaculately presented in their baseball uniforms – arcing around a single man. They listened in absolute silence to what … Continue reading
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Star Wars VII review
Why does Finn played John Boyega (British/Nigerian) speak with an American accent and General Hux played by Domhnall Gleeson (Irish) speak with a pre world war one English accent? Why does Finn – after 20 years of brain washing by … Continue reading
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James Murdoch leaves Isleworth in London for Manhattan
James’s resignation has a lot to do with the BskyB share price. Having fallen by 26% last summer, BskyB – which has nothing to do with News International (the Times, Sun etc) other than the Murdoch family presence – has … Continue reading
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Tagged apple tv, bskyb, hacking, james murdoch, media, premier league, tv rights
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Iceland supreme court ruling may accelerate repayment to UK and NL governments
My instant reaction to today’s ruling from the Icelandic Supreme court would be that this ruling now unties the hands of the Icelandic government to repay UK and NL the £2.4bn owing from the collapse of Landsbanki in 2008. After … Continue reading
UK Govt proposes a more permanent clock change – Is Britain moving closer to Europe after all?
For those of you who read today’s press release from the Dept for Business & Innovation and assumed that Britain’s clocks are set to change permanently soon, might I ratchet your expectations downwards? There is a Private Members Bill winding … Continue reading
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Tagged CET, clock change, gmt, Scottish government, SNP, time zones
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Double take: UK is among the fastest growing countries in the G7. Best of very weak bunch
Using Q2 GDP as the basis, then Britain is just behind the US and Italy in GDP growth figures. But if you used the first half figures, Britain would be the third weakest. It’s a measure of just how weak … Continue reading
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