#ABH2018 sunny BBQ at the Open University OU Business School #OUBSchool

Just William story “The May King” from 1922 so relevant today. “William was frankly bored. School always bored him. He disliked facts, and he disliked being tied down to detail, and he disliked answering questions. As a politician, a great future would have lain before him.”

No-deal Brexit could put vulnerable people at risk, officials warn | Brexit | The Guardian theguardian.com/politics/2019/…

Question: Should an expensively educated British ‘gentleman’ put his feet on his host’s furniture? Answer: No. It’s embarrassing to hold the same passport as this PM. Maybe he thinks Macron is there to polish his shoes. #Boris #Macron #NotMyPM

Why did Dom have to drive back? Is his wife unable to drive? Needing to practise driving in the locality is pathetic excuse

Govts can cope with being disliked (Mrs Thatcher’s did) but when mocking and ridiculing goes mainstream it is fatal.

Taxing financial winners from coronavirus to pay for the crisis – lessons from WW1 theconversation.com/taxing-financi… via The Conversation

Kamala Harris 'hates' Boris and Joe Biden 'remembers PM's "racist" Obama remark' metro.co.uk/2020/11/08/kam… via Metro

Taxing financial winners from coronavirus to pay for the crisis – lessons from WW1 theconversation.com/taxing-financi… via The Conversation

Why limit excess profits tax to companies making profits from gas prices? There’s already a long list who’ve made millions out of COVID 19.

French is the diplomatic language, not English. French uses conditional tenses and the subjunctive, English the present and future tenses. « If you do that, I will... » rather than « If you were to do that, I might.. » Less likely to lead to war. x.com/theeconomist/s…

Today marks 100 years since the passing of the Representation of the People Act 1918, which allowed women over 30 who owned property to vote for the very first time. The act also allowed all men over 21, regardless of property, to vote.

I’ve got two passports: one British, one French , do the stats imply that ditching the British one and moving to France give me an extra 3 or more years of life expectancy. No brainer !! x.com/equalitytrust/…

Cutting hundreds of teaching posts and stopping a third of all courses is just ‘re-prioritising’ say Open University boss who faces revolt by lecturers goo.gl/vkPQeo

Estimating the net present value (+ or -) of individual ministers, a very good use for the theory of finance politicshome.com/news/uk/transp…

Why we must save the Open University blogs.spectator.co.uk/2018/04/why-we…

"The history of #FinancialEducation in the #UK" by Janette Rutterford is now available on WSBI-ESBG The paper had been presented during the #FinancialHistory workshop organised with CECA & Funcas in 2017 📝💰

Forced to stand down - but his announcement makes it sound like a victory. To summarise, he can go - secure in the knowledge what those who voted no confidence will come to see the error of their ways and salute the genius of his transformation agenda. x.com/oubucu/status/…