Capitalist – – the dissenter: Recent Episodes
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Four topics in the latest episode of Political OD, in conversation with @3000Versts episode, with the common thread of messaging running through each topic. First mixed messaging of Covid in NI. At the end of last week the morning Nolan Show on BBC Radio Ulster entertained the listeners with the message of doom from the […]
The first thing for a business to do in a crisis is to stay calm, review operational processes and mitigate and manage with steady and measured common sense action – let the public see a company doing its best in difficult circumstances. Sadly, this headline was avoidable: “Coronavirus: Robin Swann ‘shocked’ at images of packed […]
It was with a complete lack of irony that Sinn Fein’s Martina Anderson MEP supported remaining because the EU brought peace to Europe. This was said at a panel event in Coleraine during the 2016 Referendum on EU membership. Seriously. What did the murderous gang of thugs, the IRA, do for peace in Europe? Sadly, […]
At the core of Wilful Blindness is the question as to ‘why are facts ignored?’. The counter is ‘Just Culture’, essential in a challenging and changing environment. There was something about this particular BBC Radio 4 Analysis podcast on ‘Just Culture’ which rang some bells (link at end of post). Wilful blindness is a legal term associated most […]
Due to a Denial of Service attack in 2014 the original thedissenter had to be taken offline. Moving hosting to a larger more secure service and putting some additional protections in hand should mean such an attack will not have similar consequences. That’s the plan. This time too, there is backup! We may have been […]