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Deirdre Mooney's avatar

The inertia that has been the government’s modus operandi must be in its very late teens by now … we need strong leadership with a focus of enforcing accountability!

Imagine if getting elected depended on promises kept and actions delivered - real KPIs reached - & following the published RACI!!

We’d have action and consequences (but good ones!)

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Jim Power & Chris Johns's avatar

Many thanks Declan.

We recently did an experimental Book Review podcast - the only one we have ever done. We reviewed 'Hillbilly Elegy" by J D Vance. We are going to do more, sticking with the experiment.

We are trying to figure out how much interest there is in book reviews, so your comments are welcome. As it happens we received precisely zero feedback after that review podcast so we don't really know what people think (it did get good download/listen numbers).

Your suggestions all look great - I have just started the Dan Davies book and am thoroughly enjoying it.

Thanks again

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Declan Griffin's avatar

Good writing & equally good content.

Any chance of " The Other Hand" factoring a "Book Review" slot in your podcast?

Some suggestions, not that you need any & all of which you will be familiar with:

1. The Price of Time (Chancellor)

2. The Code of Capital (Pistor)

3. The Unaccountability Machine ( Davies)

4. How Big Things Get Done ( Flyvbjerg & Gardner)

5. The Road to Freedom ( Uncle Joe)

6. Wilfull Blindness (Heffernan)

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Jim Power & Chris Johns's avatar

Will be interviewing Dan Davies quite soon

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Jim Power & Chris Johns's avatar

Thanks - I replied but in the wrong part of the thread, in case you didn't see it, above

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