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COULDN’T ESCAPE IF I WANTED TO

Schadenfreude might not be an attractive sentiment but it is an inescapably human one. There is something delicious about watching one’s opponents experience extreme discomfort. We may wish that we didn’t feel that way, but it can be almost impossible to resist. A great many Scottish politicians are today enjoying the sweet but slightly grubby sensation that schadenfreude can illicit.

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December 5th 2022

Lodestone appoints new director

Purpose-led strategy and communications agency Lodestone has appointed Tom King as a Director. Lodestone has brought Tom on board to provide senior counsel to its growing client list, strengthen the firm’s organisational capacity, and expand...
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November 17th 2022

Bad Medicine

It was George Osborne’s genius that he was able to make a virtue of his chosen vice. For a man who ideologically desires austerity - but who is smart enough to understand that the public...
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October 24th 2022

Hold Me Closer, Tiny Dancer

It has been a nerve wracking few days for the authors of these notes. At the end of Boris Johnson’s premiership we wrote that ‘we just don’t need to worry about Boris Johnson anymore’. For...
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October 20th 2022

Killing In The Name

Turns out she was a quitter, after-all. Liz Truss has resigned as Leader of the Conservative Party and will cease to be Prime Minister inside a week. She has done this because she was not...
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