Notes from the Gallery
A monthly review of the absurdities of the main geopolitical news trends around the world, mostly from the UK perspective, and mostly in terms of how this affects businesses and society.
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…December 2024
December has brought with it that rarest of all commodities, a glimmer of hope in the Middle East with the fall of the Assad regime in Syria.
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…November 2024
Despite a busy round of news headlines, from multiple conflcts to violent storms, November has mostly been about the calm before the storm, the sharp intake of breath, the oceans receding before the giant tsunami wave comes rushing back at us.
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…October 2024
October has been mainly dominated by the US Presidential election and the worsening geopolitical situation – the two being inextricably linked as everyone waits for the results of the former to see if there’s any chance of dealing with the later.
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…September 2024
Britain’s Labour government will remember September as the month the wheels came off the bus; for the rest of us this is just politics as usual. So far the prime minister Keir Starmer has not quite managed to make a total Liz Truss of things but she did set a very low bar, and hovering…
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…August 2024
August has been hot, so hot that several towns in England burst into flames, though this was mostly due to a rash of riots, led by far right activists initially spreading misinformation to exploit a tragic triple murder in Southport.
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…July 2024
July has been a month of highs and lows, starting with the general election, which delivered a massive defeat to the Tories and a new Labour government. This was swiftly followed by defeat for the England football team at the Euro 2024 final, so by the end of the month it feels as if nothing…
Nessan Cleary 