Lindsay Mackie, Author at New Weather Institute

Praising Parliamentary Watchdogs

The giant services firm Carillion collapsed under the weight of its own greed, hubris and mismanagement in January this year.

Shouting ‘look over there’ while getting on with something nefarious over here is a tried and true tactic. So as

So much to worry about. And now the worry that preoccupies leader writers and politicians to the point of sleeplessness.

3rd November 2017 Lindsay Mackie 0 Comments

Systemic corporate failures are leaving our glass of milk half empty… There’s a milk and butter shortage threatened, who would

Earlier this year my colleague David Boyle and I published a New Weather pamphlet called The Absent Corporation in which

Today The Guardian reveals the onward march of the mega farms defined as warehouses – effectively accommodating more than 40,000

There are now serious doubts that Sir Martin Moore-Bick, retired judge of the Court of Appeal in England, will be

For the moment let’s leave the tactical discussion, the grim DUP, the Tory panic and the musings about Theresa May’s

6th June 2017 Lindsay Mackie 0 Comments

What is wrong with the Tory Central Office inspired act-of -desperation, the ‘magic money tree’ meme? The first is the patronising

The first thing we’re not talking about is ‘we’. Who are we, when it comes to this General Election in