Article by Ann Binnie. I heard this morning on the radio a discussion about the various Olympic authorities’ deliberations on whether/who to ban from the Russian squad for misuse of performance enhancing drugs. I was struck by the use of the term “assets” for the athletes in question. Maybe the context of Russia made me […]
Read More ›In a thoroughly good BBC interview led by Hugh Edwards, President Obama very eloquently and rather forcefully put forward his view that the UK should remain in the EU. His reasoning being that the UK would struggle to get a trade deal with the USA outside of the EU. In an earlier interview he also […]
Read More ›By Ann Binnie. I feel the urge to make a “statement of the bleeding obvious”, or at least start a bit of a dialogue about what may, or may not be, self evident. What’s pushed me over from inertia to action – putting digit to keyboard – is the sloppiness with which these terms are […]
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