Tag Archives: Treasury Select Committee

Democracy and justice in the UK are we training to ask the right questions?

Posted on July 24, 2012 by lawrence serewicz

To find things out, we need to ask questions.  The quality of our questions will depend on what we already know. At the same time, the quality of our questions will decide the answers we get.  In court, we rely … Continue reading →

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Why questions are so poor at select committees: a case study of Treasury Committee and Mr. Diamond.

Posted on July 8, 2012 by lawrence serewicz

In the recent Treasury Committee interview of Bob Diamond, the former CEO of Barclays, we saw the weakness of the select committee at its best. The committee asked poor questions, and received worse answers.  The reasons for this may be … Continue reading →

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