Memo to Clegg: your approval rating is terrible
The Lib Dem leader's approval rating has fallen from +53 to -53. Earlier today, an apparently confused Nick Clegg told Radio 4's The World At One: "I've given up trying to work out whether my approval...
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Chart of the day: Nudging donations
When Belgium changed its organ donor laws in 1986, the number of donors doubled within a decade. The trick was switching from a system which required potential donors to actively opt-in to donation,...
View ArticleMost UK managers still experiencing tough economic times
Executives in the public sector have the lowest morale.In a survey of 701 UK managers – conducted by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) between 15 March and 10 April 2012 – 83 per cent said that...
View ArticleMorning Call: pick of the papers
The ten must-read comment pieces from this morning's papers.1. Rupert Murdoch: a dangerous blindness (Guardian) At News Corp Rupert Murdoch chose to surround himself with uncritical loyalists. Margaret...
View ArticleBSkyB shares rise after Murdoch may be forced to sell.
Ofcom's ruling that Murdoch was "not fit" to run the company was positive news for BSkyB shareholders. Shares in BSkyB rose on the possibility New Corp could be forced to sell its 39 per cent stake...
View Article"Electing mayors will let in the BNP". Labour accused of dirty tricks
Local parties have been accused of scare tactics ahead of tomorrow's referendum. But why the strong opposition?As the country readies itself for a raft of local elections tomorrow, the news of a dirty...
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The Sun mocks Hodgson's speech impediment. Too far?
"Bwing on the Euwos", says front page headline.It's official: Roy Hodgson, manager of West Brom, has been given a four-year contract to take control of the England team. The Sun marked this appointment...
View ArticleI can't vote for Brian Paddick twice
So where should my second-preference vote go?I love the ceremony of voting. I like the stroll down Lock Road to the polling station, the good natured hello’s to the party folk, friend and foe, at the...
View ArticleWhat about Redknapp?
Hodgson will pay the price for not being the chosen candidate of sportswriters.Roy Hodgson is a dead man walking already. Look at the photos of him being driven to Wembley in the past couple of days...
View ArticleOpinionomics | 2 May 2012
Must-read comment and analysis. Featuring a sweary Stephen King, and burgers in Buenos Aires.1. A European macro-question for Paul Krugman (Kantoos Economics) Kantoos suggests that "the optimal policy...
View ArticleNews Corp: MPs' report "unjustified and highly partisan"
The media empire hits back at the select committee report. News Corp believes aspects of yesterday's phone-hacking report by the Commons culture committee were “unjustified and highly partisan”. The...
View ArticleMurdoch tells staff NI internal purge is over
The internal Management and Standards Committee has completed its investigation, Murdoch says. Rupert Murdoch has attempted move on from yesterday's damning parliamentary criticism by informing staff...
View ArticleOther people's business, Wednesday 2 May
Coca-Cola and source code. 1. Legal hit list (Schumpeter) Schumpeter writes about this year’s league table. 2. Chesapeake board does too little, too late (Reuters) Chesapeake Energy’s decision to do...
View ArticleJustin Fashanu and the politics of memory
The narrative that homophobia in football was primarily responsible for his death forms a dauntingly negative precedent.Fourteen years since his demise, Justin Fashanu remains one of football’s most...
View ArticleOpinionomics | 23 May 2012
Must-read comment and analysis. OMG, WTF IMF?1. Monetary and fiscal stimulus are not the same thing (ToUChstone) "The IMF is advocating a monetary stimulus first, followed by (if that doesn’t do the...
View ArticleFormer NI lawyer defends use of private investigators
Julian Pike says the action was "justifiable"Media lawyer Julian Pike has defended advising News International to place the lawyers of phone-hacking victims under surveillance. He told the Home Affairs...
View ArticleHeat apologises for publishing Kate shopping pic
Lawyers made a complaint under the PCC code.Heat Magazine has apologised to the Duchess of Cambridge after publishing a photo of her out shopping. The PCC-brokered apology came about after lawyers for...
View ArticleMad Men: season 5, episode 10
Old names and faces, and a masterclass in flirting.We knew there was friendship there. We also knew – from an aside remark way back in Season One – that he’d never tried it with her. But my goodness,...
View ArticleVote of no confidence in Johnston management
Executive Helen Oldfield criticised by the board.Journalists at the NUJ’s Yorkshire Weekly Newspaper Group chapel have passed a vote of no confidence in Johnston Press executive Helen Oldham. It comes...
View ArticleLib Dems are confident of winning the Battle of Beecroft
Clegg's team doubt Cameron is in a hurry to heed the same voices that urged him to cut the 50p rate.One of the things that most frustrates Tory and Lib Dem ministers alike in the coalition is the way...
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