Tag: institutional memory

Culture Family Governance Social

Britain Begins Listening to the Elderly

Megan Amram

Britain Begins Listening to the Elderly, Government Immediately Discovers Most of Its Problems Were Solved in 1978 Nation stunned to learn people who have spent 70 years being alive may possess information unavailable from consultants, apps, focus groups and 146-page government strategy documents LONDON — Britain has launched an unprecedented national experiment in which younger people, government departments and corporate executives will occasionally listen to someone over the age of…

Culture Political

Larry the Downing Street Cat

Alan Nafzger

Larry the Downing Street Cat’s 15-Year Reign: Five Things The Public Quietly Noticed The only official in Westminster whose approval rating improves while unconscious Attended more crises than any minister yet never appeared on television to explain them Has outlasted policies, coalitions, ideologies, and at least three economic plans named “final” The only government figure who openly ignores journalists and gains respect for it Britain’s first leader whose main platform…