Nico Macdonald·Mar 14, 2022Proposal for a #Rethink on how we debate ideasI drafted this piece in June 2020 for the Rethink series of ‘post-Covid’ opinion pieces which was initially broadcast in the first half of…
Nico Macdonald·Jan 18, 2022On the denouement of Covid politicsI wrote first drafted this four weeks ago, before Christmas, and think I identified the inflection point in Covid politics. For some…
Nico Macdonald·Dec 15, 2021Letter to my MP on Plan B vote in Parliament on 14 December 2021Yesterday the House of Commons voted for a number of statutory instruments (ie: regulations) for England, including Covid passes…
Nico Macdonald·May 6, 2021On working for freeWe seem to live in a culture in which many organisations (and some people) think others should do work for them for nothing, on the basis…
Nico Macdonald·May 3, 2021Press freedom starts at homeToday is World Press Freedom Day (#WorldPressFreedomDay), which media organisations are rightly highlighting and celebrating. Via the BBC…A response icon1A response icon1
Nico Macdonald·Apr 19, 2021Where are the digital plumbers?Why aren’t more people being trained as ICT appliance installers and engineers for the home?A response icon1A response icon1
InThe Political MacroscopebyNico Macdonald·Oct 29, 2020On the moralising of politicsOne of the most egregious characteristics of debate in [[Modern British politics]], is treating people whose views are opposed to yours as…
InThe Political MacroscopebyNico Macdonald·Oct 20, 2020On freedom of speech and the culture of offenceOn Friday in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, in the Île-de-France region in north-central France, a teacher was brutally executed by an…