'The Financial Doctor' who advises companies, social enterprises & charities on financial management & general business. Designs & runs courses internationally.
Cambridge, UK
Joined October 2010
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Ken Dickson retweeted
Read the Times Leader and in The Guardian - @GordonBrown who is right that “It is not too late to put the brakes on assisted dying, and focus on what is really needed | Palliative care is deeply underfunded and unequal. Assisted dying cannot go ahead until politicians right that wrong” theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Assisted living should be our priority not ending lives - with all the attendant risks to disabled and vulnerable people.
Ken Dickson retweeted
“If we call a tail a leg, how many legs does a dog have? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it a leg.” Abraham Lincoln. Let’s repeat slowly: Ukraine did not invade Russia.
Ken Dickson retweeted
Trump envoy Witkoff claims Ukrainians living under Russian occupation voted to join Russia. In reality, Putin has instigated a reign of terror and is now threatening to expel Ukrainians from their own homes unless their accept Russian citizenship
atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/uk…
Ken Dickson retweeted
"The only way Putin wins now—the only way he finally succeeds in destroying Ukraine’s sovereignty—is by persuading Ukraine’s allies to be sick of the war." - @anneapplebaum
Ken Dickson retweeted
Please share this fact sheet on Ukraine with anyone who needs it.
understandingwar.org/backgro…
Ken Dickson retweeted
The bravery of these ordinary Russians. And the exemplary reporting as ever from @BBCSteveR.
“It’s absurd. I can’t get my head around what’s happening,” 68-year-old paediatrician Nadezhda Buyanova tells me. Minutes later she’s sent to prison for 5 1/2 years for alleged comments on the war in Ukraine. Our report for @BBCNews Camera @AntonChicherov Producer @BenTavener
Ken Dickson retweeted
Wes Streeting is considering PFI 2.0: it could end the NHS as we know it.
Previously, the NHS received £13bn private investment, repayment is over £80bn.
PFI is a scam. Govt guarantees corporate profits. Govt can borrow and invest at much lower cost.
weownit.org.uk/blog/wes-stre…
Ken Dickson retweeted
On October 27, #Ukraine marks the Day of Ukrainian Writing and Language 🇺🇦
For nearly 400 years, Russia suppressed the Ukrainian language, yet determined Ukrainians preserved it. Here are key examples of the linguicidal practices against the Ukrainian👇
ukraineworld.org/en/articles…
Ken Dickson retweeted
£22 billion for a machine that will capture carbon and store it?
You've been robbed mate
Ken Dickson retweeted
The extraordinary story of how @UMassAmherst student Thomas Herndon exposed rooky errors in the non peer-reviewed Carmen Reinhart and Ken Rogoff paper that underpinned George Osborne’s austerity programme — demonstrating the @Harvard professors’ conclusions were mainly nonsense.
Just how strong was the evidence base for austerity policy?
Well, it was calculated from a dodgy formula (bad enough) of what then turned out to be an actual literal excel spreadsheet error (seriously) later unearthed by a first year student (not a joke)
nitter.gq/gareth0108/status/1749…
School 'like a sanctuary' for Ukrainian children
bbc.com/news/articles/cv22qn…
Important innovation: independent.co.uk/tech/solar…
Financial exclusion is a growing problem. FinTech and others need to find a cost-effective way to solve the challenges.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crgg…
The importance of libraries. Open your mind to the truth, for "the truth will set you free."
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckrr…
Ken Dickson retweeted
Could Britain's packed prisons ease the worklessness crisis? As the government urges businesses to hire ex-convicts, I visit HMP Highpoint to see how prisoners are preparing for life on the outside telegraph.co.uk/business/202…
