Power of Networks

Who couldn’t fail to be moved and inspired by the young people organising themselves after the Parkland massacre?  I have Continue reading →

#100years

What could be a more fitting place to write this particular blog? I am sitting in the houses of Parliament Continue reading →

Do we have sufficient resources for our defence?

I spoke in a debate in the House of Lords last week initiated by a labour peer, Clive Soley. He wanted Continue reading →

Digital understanding 

Today I spoke in the House of Lords in a debate I led on the need for greater digital understanding Continue reading →

A new look at national security 

Today I spoke in a debate in the lords on national security. Here’s what I said. Even just a few Continue reading →

Digital entrepreneurship – we must finish the job 

This is a speech i made in the Lords on 6th July in a debate initiated but Lord Leigh on Continue reading →

Getting together 

I wasn’t expecting an email from the Swedish ambassador but then we are living in surprising times. He had heard Continue reading →

Improving End of life care

I recently spoke in Baroness Findlay’s debate in the @ukhouseof lords about end of life care in the UK. She Continue reading →