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- @JacksonT0ny @t_spacebrothers Well there is that, yes. Only the Vox mix of Legacy has all the words and if you miss… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 9 hours ago
- I doubt it would be the Queen's choice of music but I like the story behind it and it conveys so much in few words. Like all good poetry. 9 hours ago
- @JacksonT0ny @t_spacebrothers That whole album is great. 9 hours ago
- The back-story is here. Space Brother @rickysimmonds (of Grange Hill fame) wrote it about his mum and dad. The firs… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 9 hours ago
- Lyrics below: https://t.co/hHLTflB0ww 9 hours ago
- Trance isn't a genre you usually associate with profound lyrics but this @t_spacebrothers track contains some beaut… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 9 hours ago
- In other words, if the prime minister is a mendacious self-serving popinjay, the whole system is buggered! https://t.co/TusU3vFh6f 9 hours ago
- Good @robertshrimsley piece on the chumocracy. ft.com/content/4362e6… 10 hours ago
- Bigger problem here is councils selling off land to anyone who will take it off their hands and reduce their mainte… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 10 hours ago
- @Otto_English Blimey. America is going to look a bit different then. https://t.co/04SmUPTYuJ 10 hours ago
- RT @MWStory: It's fascinating and terrible that this happened and I'm massively curious about why. What are the epistemic norms which produ… 11 hours ago
- RT @DmitryOpines: @OskarNicholson No, loyalists would get angry because the EU would have to impose even stricter checks on products enteri… 19 hours ago
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Monthly Archives: November 2009
The financial crisis is not over yet
This morning’s financial news is dominated by fears that the state-owned Dubai World is about to default on its debt repayments. And guess which bank has the largest exposure to Dubai World? Of course, that’ll be good old Royal Bank of Scotland, underwritten … Continue reading
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Excessive pay – make shareholders take the full hit
Most commentators are decidedly underwhelmed by the recommendations of the Walker Review. Most of the attention has been focussed on bankers’ pay and, specifically, the decision not to force banks to publish the names of staff being paid over £1 million … Continue reading
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Would a hung parliament threaten the UK’s credit rating?
Labour’s slight revival in the opinion polls has the newspapers discussing the possibility of a hung parliament. As Andrew Rawnsley says, a hung parliament would reflect the public mood: People are sick of Labour but reluctant to swallow the Tories. That points to … Continue reading
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Libel laws have no place in employment cases
Here’s an interesting and rather disturbing story. Earlier this year the recruitment firm Hays was accused of racism after three employees claimed they were subjected to abuse by colleagues and managers. The employment tribunal started this week and the accusations were repeated … Continue reading
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Britain’s debt – cause for alarm but not panic
The news that October’s budget deficit was the highest since 1993 had all the Labour-hating newspapers jumping up and down with barely concealed glee. The suggestion that this is all Gordon Brown’s fault is being relentlessly pushed by his enemies. He … Continue reading
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Bankers bluster about new FSA powers
I haven’t had time to write anything about the blustering from bankers and their cheerleaders in response to the government’s plans to regulate City bonuses. Read Alex McGarry’s piece in the Spoof instead. It’s along the lines of what I was going to say, … Continue reading
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Headline grabbing on bankers’ bonuses
Another week another story about bankers’ bonuses. When I heard the headline this morning about how the government plans to give the FSA powers to strip bankers of their bonuses I wondered how the hell it was going to work. Surely, I … Continue reading
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Bonus capping – ruin or re-birth for the state-backed banks?
Barclays and HSBC posted upbeat results today and the question everyone wants to know is, “Does this mean the recession is over?” No, stuff that! The question everyone really wants to know is whether or not they will be paying bonuses, … Continue reading
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Banking on nostaligia
With a little nudge from Brussels, the government has decided to break up the state backed mega-banks into smaller retail banks, a bit like the ones we used to have in the olden days. These are going to be Boring … Continue reading
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