David Cameron famously promised ‘stability and strong Government’ if he won the 2015 general election. How can we minimise our chances of our statements being undermined by subsequent events? Image: Great Temple at Abu Simbel by youssef_alam via Wikipedia Things mentioned in this podcast: -David Cameron’s famous tweet: https://twitter.com/david_cameron/status/595112367358406656?lang=en -Shelley’s ‘Ozymandias’: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46565/ozymandias -Irony: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony For more Cognitive Engineering episodes find us on iTunes, Google Play or wherever you get your podcasts, or add this RSS feed to your preferred player: feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:219479129/sounds.rss