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Entries in February, 2010

Bullying is not the central issue: what matters is how Gordon governs

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

In the many questions about Gordon Brown’s merits and defects as prime minister, his alleged bullying of his staff and colleagues is peripheral (except of course for those whom he allegedly bullies).  Any bullying is a symptom of a more fundamental problem, not the problem itself.  Whether staff at No. 10 Downing Street have complained [...]

No more Ephems for a while… (with update 8/2/2010)

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

In a fit of absent-mindedness (aka sheer stupidity) I have just opened a seriously infected file (sent to me via Skype with a message purporting to come from a reliable Skype contact) which has played havoc with my computer, including disabling every known application that might have been able to clean it up.
So if you [...]