Election fever.

Election fever.

Here we are, with just over a week to go. I always think of elections as sacred moments in our collective life, when we fulfill our covenant with those who have fought, and often died, so that we have the privilege of living in a free society.  This time, though, there are other undercurrents: the [...]

Iraq, Chilcot and learning from experience

Iraq, Chilcot and learning from experience

We seem to be living through one of those moments in history when it’s difficult to process all the things that are happening across the globe.  And yet somebody has to do so. Our political leaders, of course - but they in turn depend on advice from policy officials. One of the key recent learning [...]