Jason Nisse
It Wasn't Boris
The similarities between Orville Richard Burrell and Boris Johnson are few and far between – apart from the reggae musician’s stage name...
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Jason Nisse
Mar 17, 20222 min read
What will business do after the war?
You can’t get your hopes up too early, but if the reports are to be believed there seems to be some movement towards a peace deal to end...
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Jason Nisse
Feb 15, 20222 min read
Sport should be entertaining, not an entertainment
Last Sunday more than 100 million people watched the Superbowl, the climax of the American football season. Though that seems astounding,...
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Jason Nisse
Jan 19, 20223 min read
Between a (Black)Rock and a Hard Place
The annual Edelman trust barometer is always an eye opening study. The geographical breadth of the 28 country study, with over 32,000...
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Jason Nisse
Jan 12, 20223 min read
What A Swell Work Event This Is
The old joke about the 1960s was that if you remember them you weren’t really there. Maybe that’s the same about the party at 10 Downing...
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Jason Nisse
Dec 8, 20212 min read
Party Fears Too
Who’d be a press officer. Not Allegra Stratton any more, after she following the leaking of a video showing her joking about the...
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Jason Nisse
Nov 23, 20212 min read
Is Peppa Pig Boris’ Bacon Sarnie?
Tuesday 5th May 2015 will always be etched on the memory of Ed Miliband. That’s the day he was photographed uncomfortably eating a bacon...
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Jason Nisse
Oct 5, 20212 min read
You Can't Buy Immigrants
Be honest. Was anyone surprised that Boris Johnson had to admit to the BBC that the attempts to recruit foreign HGV drivers with...
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Jason Nisse
Sep 20, 20213 min read
Chronic Energy Problems
There has been a mild panic in the Nisse household after the energy company we had just agreed to switch to had the bad manners to go...
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Jason Nisse
Jul 12, 20212 min read
Too Much Pressure
It’s a 40 yard walk from the centre of the pitch, where the team lines up, to the penalty spot. The goal is 12 yards away and seems to...
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Jason Nisse
May 18, 20212 min read
Keir Madness
Sir Keir Starmer always strikes me as a sensible chap. Rather too sensible and safe, many would say. As someone who re-joined the Labour...
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Jason Nisse
Apr 21, 20212 min read
Football, fans and forgiveness
Sir Elton John, once of course the owner of Watford Football Club, famously sang: “Sorry seems to be the hardest word.” As the “big six”...
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Jason Nisse
Apr 20, 20212 min read
Super league, dreadful comms
One of my most disappointing moments as an Arsenal fan was the Champions League final in 2006. One nil up with just 10 men, our...
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Jason Nisse
Dec 1, 20203 min read
Dukes of risk - or hazard
Crossing the road the other day I was stopped by the mother of one of my son’s schoolfriends. Our socially distanced chat soon turned to...
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Jason Nisse
Aug 5, 20203 min read
I'm Three
Thank you to everyone for the good wishes on the third anniversary of me setting up on my own. I actually missed the date because I was...
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Jason Nisse
Jun 15, 20201 min read
What is Essential?
Anyone who follows me on LinkedIn will have noticed I’ve been involved in a spat with two economists over an article one of them wrote in...
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Jason Nisse
Apr 28, 20202 min read
Tearing Up The Plans
In the deep recesses of my record collection I have a 12-inch EP called “Tearing Up The Plans” by a band called 23 Skidoo. This...
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Jason Nisse
Apr 13, 20202 min read
Second Home Thoughts From A Bloke
An Englishman’s home is his castle. For the last few weeks it has been our isolation ward, office, schoolroom, gym, craft centre, disco...
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Jason Nisse
Feb 4, 20202 min read
Delighted to reach out to seasoned, passionate curators
(updated to take in additional banned words) The great philosopher David Byrne said in the seminal Talking Heads song Psychokiller...
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Jason Nisse
Dec 11, 20192 min read
Is fibbing the future?
Should you advise your client to lie? Of course, the answer is “No”. But with the success of one mendacious campaign for Leave, and the...
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