In addition to the old ‘useful idiots’, the Kims and Castros of the world know they can rely on the aid of genuine idiots, too. We ought to know better.
Yet £33 million is spent on free travelcards for those who live with TfL staff.
If the Business Secretary wants to become the man for enterprise, he needs to challenge his own bureaucrats.
Rugby, cricket and tennis clubs are looking for new members and fresh talent, but families aren’t necessarily aware of them.
Hosting the 2025 Northern Powerhouse EXPO would be bigger than the Olympics and the World Cup combined.
The ability to leverage a nation’s influence through international networks and institutions is key to promoting the national interest in the modern world.
A patriotic celebration.
Rio has shown once more how sport can lift the spirits of the nation and bring the country together.
UK Sport’s effectiveness rests on a brutality which ministers might be uncomfortable to apply to the economy.
Third in London; second in Rio (at present). It wouldn’t have happened without the National Lottery.
The most senior Minister in place at home has a great task before him – helping his country find a new international role (and restoring the morale of an exhausted department).
Plus: Trump’s folly, Miliband’s mess, my first West Ham game at the Olympic Stadium – and Margaret Thatcher, Queen of Game Shows.
To be told that next time he visited Arsenal he’d be “using the turnstiles and paying for the privilege” was a cruel humiliation unacceptable in a normal working environment.