The Garrulous Jay – Impunity

The Garrulous Jay – Impunity

Last night I was privileged to attend a lecture by Tom Little KC, a barrister who has prosecuted some of the highest profile criminal cases of recent times, including those of Sarah Everard and Jo Cox MP. His subject matter was, “Criminal Justice in England – How Good...
The Garrulous Jay – Body Shock

The Garrulous Jay – Body Shock

When I was a youngster I remember walking down East Street in Chichester, passing the doors of The Body Shop, and being rather alarmed at the idea of people purchasing ‘bodies’. More recently the business has itself endured shocks of a different kind. The Body Shop...
The Garrulous Jay – The Name’s Bond.. Premium Bond

The Garrulous Jay – The Name’s Bond.. Premium Bond

The average Bond movie and Premium Bonds don’t have an awful lot in common, although one might tenuously argue that both carry an element of risk and reward. Premium Bonds were launched on the 1st November 1956 following an announcement by Harold Macmillan in his...
The Garrulous Jay – Great Expectations

The Garrulous Jay – Great Expectations

It’s not every day that pensions make the BBC 10 O’clock News, so you can imagine my excitement when Dharshini David popped up on Wednesday evening with a piece about the cost of retirement. She was reporting on the latest Retirement Living Standards report published...
The Garrulous Jay – Securonomics

The Garrulous Jay – Securonomics

Remember where you heard it first… My first encounter with the word “securonomics” was this week in the foreword of Financing Growth – Labour’s Plan For Financial Services. But what did I learn from this policy page-turner? First, I now understand that securonomics –...
The Garrulous Jay – The Opposite Of A Good Idea

The Garrulous Jay – The Opposite Of A Good Idea

Despite some of my wilder adolescent dreams I will never be a music producer: I lack both the ear for a tune and the technical know-how. But if I was, and I was asked to produce a record that was guaranteed to fail, here’s how I’d go about it… First, I would insist...