As I sit to write, the coalition government has just completed its first 100 days in office. ‘100 days’ is a device often used by the media to make early assessments of new governments, and this time it was no different.
The conjunction of events encourages me to return to a regular theme for this column, that of the recurring dilemma between consumption and ethics, and the challenges and contradictions it can often present.
Charles Barry’s Palace of Westminster is a beautiful building imbued with the memories of generations of political power brokers; with every footstep taken around its gilded corridors, the echoes of history made and in the making can be heard.
