Labour MP and ex-minister Gerald Kaufman once described the tales of double-dealing Whitehall mandarins and hapless politicians as "chillingly accurate".
Many nations in Latin America have grown increasingly weary of the United States' seemingly double standards when dealing with its Latin American neighbors.
The weakness of managed corporations in dealing with accelerating change is only half the double-flanked attack on traditional notions of corporate management.
Alan Sherry, the principal of John Wheatley College, who was speaking on behalf of Scotland's Colleges pointed out that the funding methodologies for the average learner do not apply when dealing with the most vulnerable formerly looked after young people, where double the funding was required to help support the individual.