In the weeks running up to the Olympics, the BBC has been showing a farcical satire on the games’ organisation: Twenty Twelve. The humour is based on the idea that the public sector is a chaotic interchange between management sloganeering … Continued
Monthly Archives: July 2012
Comedians and commissioners come to Britain
Last November, Mario Monti was made a lifetime member of Italy’s upper house. Former EU commissioner Monti spent a week as Senator Monti before becoming Prime Minister Monti, head of a government of economic experts who could get Italy through … Continued