Category Archives: Solutions

Summary: Counter-narcotics efforts have failed to reduce demand for illicit drugs over several decades and come at great cost to the public, both in the expense of policing and prisons as well as the social impact of crime and punishment associated with the trade. It is time for an alternative approach, inspired by the CovidContinue reading “Testing Not Arresting – A New Approach to Counter-Narcotics”

Having identified or established the fact that the Covid-19 crisis has clouded the vision of most health care professionals and even the whole populace and that a lot of people are wasting away,dying from other forms of illnesses and ailments due to their fear of going to the hospital to receive proper medication which hasContinue reading “REMOTE DELIVERY OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES .”

The solution to this problem isn’t the opposite of what I have said, powerful countries shouldn’t start working to help low-income countries. Not because I don’t think it would help (it would) but because I don’t think they will. It would be ridiculously hard to convince those in power of wealthy countries to focus resourcesContinue reading “The unity of low-income countries”

The number of times I have sat at red traffic lights in my comfortable car with the windscreen wipers on, or the air conditioning on, while pedestrians, sometimes with children, stand waiting for a green man. I am aware of only one place (a pelican crossing) where the lights change in the pedestrians’ favour immediatelyContinue reading “Pedestrian priority at traffic lights”

The Problem: Rising rates of mental health conditions The Opportunity: To capitalise on the current focus on mental wellbeing The Solution: An umbrella mental health organisation raising awareness and collating resources, information and services. Although mental health is better understood than ever and has become part of the conversation on morning TV and offices acrossContinue reading “Not Alone”

This is an opportunity to take some of the heat out of the housing market, and to help small investors. For those who would like a secure return on their capital, be they pension funds or someone with a small amount to invest, the government, either national or local, could provide a ‘housing bond’. ThisContinue reading “Government housing bond”

The Covid-19 has shown that we have severe limitations and challenges that we did not expect, especially for us who live in developing countries. Our health systems have many flaws that must be addressed as quickly as possible. This is my proposal for fixing some of these loopholes in our health system: 1. Each countryContinue reading “Our strength resides in our brain (intelligence). Do not neglect it !!!”

True Fiscal Recovery – Make the Poor Richer The idea in summary The Government’s current plan of using infrastructure projects to reflate the economy is doomed to leave little sustainable employment legacy, and to lose much of the money out of the system before a penny is spent in the corner shop. A financial crashContinue reading “Will infrastructure projects save our economy – or promote its sudden demise?”

In order to incentivise people away from car ownership, the government should introduce a new model of scrappage scheme for private vehicles. This could build on the government-funded scrappage scheme launched to incentivise new car purchases following the financial crisis. Anyone selling a private car which met certain baseline requirements (e.g. not being an electricContinue reading “Utilising a car scrappage scheme to incentivise sustainable transport after COVID-19”

The conversation about how to improve the image of teaching needs to be had now, before things can just slide back to the status quo ante. Funding is the elephant in the room, and is always going to be an issue – it is obviously important that governments of all stripes invest properly in education.Continue reading “Rebooting teaching: changing public perceptions of the teaching profession”