We will march through the streets of Shoreditch

Britain needs a general drive toward ‘efficiency’, in its effectiveness context. For example, homeworking means that people don’t waste time commuting, clog roads, overfill trains, get stressed (so ‘ill’) and waste fuel travelling to work. Family life will improve (crime benefit?), companies will save money through the need for smaller offices, essential transport speeds will improve etc etc etc. And all that hinges on people at home having better access and higher speeds from the net (or ‘grid’ as it will become). Its also predicated on bosses getting their minds round the outdated ‘If I cant see them they wont work’ or ‘We need to work together because otherwise communication and team spirit will fail’ nonsense. It links to the need for better digital and general education (which is mentioned in the report, and is a focus by the Conservative party) so that in the future we have smarter people, with better skills, to make the UK the world’s nation of choice for all services. The government needs to stimulate the economy, and spending money on traditional infrastructure might put cash out there, but how much better if its spent wisely on things that will provide us with a long term benefit applying a meaningful integrated strategy. Better roads might marginal help productivity, but transforming the UK into the best, most efficient services supplier is a far better long term solution. Maybe that way we’ll stave off long term financial demise…