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The Final Countdown In less than 23 days and counting, the Eu and the UK face the most important change in trade rules since the foundation of the European Single Market in 1993. The interesting thing is that this change will happen whether or not a final deal is agreed. The ‘least-worst worst scenario’ is...

Controlling the Virus of Misinformation As the Covid-19 vaccine begins to be rolled out in the UK, its time to prepare for the spread of another virus: misinformation and lies. In recent years we have seen the very alarming growth in the number of anti-vaxxers and conspiracy theorists who continually use social media to spread...

Landing the Moonshot We have heard a lot of talk in recent days and weeks about ‘moonshots’. As the United Kingdom has now won the race to be the first country in the world to begin to roll-out a vaccine, we should not overlook the significance of this global event. In late February of this...

Joe Biden and the Irish Connection    ‘’Northeast Pennsylvania will be written on my heart. But Ireland will be written on my soul’’ – Joe Biden, 2016 No other country in the world has a closer affinity with its diaspora in the US than Ireland, and no other country takes as much pride in the...

  The Land of the Free As America counts its election, the whole world looks on. It was a rollercoaster of an election night, which turned into a rollercoaster of an election week. Tuesday, the day of the election, matters looked like the former Vice President Joe Biden was cruising towards an easy victory, with...

Warning: Trump Can Prove the Polls Wrong Once Again With hours to go, President Trump looks the odds-on favourite to lose the upcoming US election. However, his supporters will be taking solace in his 2016 victory when he proved the polls wrong. The question is, with most pollsters releasing their final polls over the weekend,...

Rights and Responsibilities ‘’if smoking is not allowed in heaven, I shall not go.’’ – Mark Twain An interesting morsel of news which caught the eye last week from the UK, where Hammersmith and Fulham Council in London said it was OK for their employees to smoke at work if they were working from home....

Leading your team through a crisis Since Covid-19 first arrived on our shores six months ago, we have seen he most extraordinary feats of performance under pressure. We have seen nurses and doctors working around the clock under desperate conditions to keep their patients alive, risking themselves in the process. We have seen the Government...