Posted on November 9th, 2012 by Zettel Film Reviewer
Tweet PERFORMANCE RELATED PAY Performance related pay presents expensive, counter-productive practical problems. It also offers a superficial concept of reward and recognition and a profoundly misguided understanding of the personal and social value of work. It denies and rejects the extraordinary power of unity and self-motivation in a common cause so inspirationally demonstrated during […]
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Posted on March 8th, 2012 by Zettel Film Reviewer
Tweet The American Election Process and The West Wing It seems to me the democratic process both in the UK and the US is in crisis: but for different reasons arising from the distinctly different systems. From the outside and as portrayed in the media, the American system seems close to […]
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Posted on February 5th, 2012 by Zettel Film Reviewer
Tweet Borgen (BBC4) – Adam Price This excellent political drama ended its 10 episode run on BBC4 last night. Following on from the unexpected world-wide hit with The Killing thriller series the Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) is justifiably earning a reputation for grown-up TV driven by placing the quality of writing and narrative at […]
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Posted on January 8th, 2012 by Zettel Film Reviewer
Tweet The Iron Lady – Phyllida Lloyd Margaret Thatcher was for 15 years in British public life, the eye of calm certainty at the epicentre of a storm of chaotic energy endlessly fed by political events: from the Poll Tax riots; the ineradicable social toxicity of the Miners’ strike; the callous brutality of […]
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Posted on December 27th, 2011 by Zettel Film Reviewer
Tweet Ailing Democracies must be Reformed Even before MP’s expenses, Credit Crunch, Recession and Deficit Reduction Western democracy was in crisis. Implacable partisanship and polarised ideology has rendered the US political system dysfunctional and impotent before globally based problems. In the UK, decades of Political incompetence in managing and delivering cost effective social […]
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Posted on December 16th, 2011 by Zettel Film Reviewer
Tweet A LIBERAL DECALOGUE by Bertrand Russell Not intended to replace the old one but only to supplement it Do not feel absolutely certain of anything. Do not think it worthwhile to proceed by concealing evidence, for the evidence is sure to come to light. Never try to discourage thinking for you […]
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Posted on May 4th, 2009 by Zettel Film Reviewer
Tweet Political Leadership Barack Obama’s election puts the latest ‘Brown study’ of the Labour Party into perspective. The Democratic Party had two candidates of intellectual weight, political gravitas and an air of leadership – in the UK we have none – in any party. The more Mr Brown exercises the power he connived for so […]
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Posted on January 8th, 2009 by Zettel Film Reviewer
TweetI have never written any kind of speech; certainly not a political speech. The election of Barack Obama to the Presidency has captured the imagination of people around the world. Events in Iraq and Afghanistan, the profound challenges of Global warming and the current chaos in the world financial system demonstrate not only how increasingly […]
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Posted on November 25th, 2008 by Zettel Film Reviewer
Tweet(I see little to change in this essay writen in 2005. However we may hope that getting rid of the worst President in American history and the election of Barck Obama may have changed the political/intellectual environment enough for the complexity of the issues to be better understood and therefore that some coherent efforts might […]
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Posted on August 10th, 2008 by Zettel Film Reviewer
Tweet Good Night and Good Luck – Director George Clooney Many films are good. Some films are important. Good Night and Good Luck is a rarity – a film that is both. Occasionally a film transcends its medium. Its aspiration demanding appraisal beyond the aesthetic. Cinematically GNAGL is as good as any of its fellow […]
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