Tag Archives: James Caan

Over promises and a lack of delivery

Posted on October 18, 2014 by ianchisnall

Tom Bell has written an excellent blog today about the predictable failure of Public Policies on a whole range of subjects. It reminded me to ask whatever happened to James Caan and Alan Milburn. James Caan was announced as Social Mobility Tsar in Summer … Continue reading →

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Life-chances for the many, not just the few

Posted on June 14, 2013 by ianchisnall

This weeks The Life Scientific interview on Radio 4 by Jim Al-Khalili focused on the human genome project. The interviewee was Ewan Birney who spoke about his work on deciphering the genome and the race to work out the right number of genes that … Continue reading →

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James, you Caan’t be serious

Posted on June 7, 2013 by ianchisnall

Listening to James Caan over the last few days on the Radio has been something of a revelation for people who know him for his appearances on dragons den. Firstly he suggested that society is being damaged by easy chances being given … Continue reading →

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