by Colin Teese
An early postwar British Prime Minister, Harold McMillan, was perhaps the canniest of his age. An enthusiastic journalist once asked him what were the greatest problems facing a prime minister.
Quick as a flash, McMillan came back: “Events, dear boy, events.”
As one might expect, McMillan dealt pretty well with “events”.
More than ever “events” are crying out for policy responses and political leaderships are struggling to keep up. Perhaps the policy pr…
