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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… 8 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. 8 hours ago
- @JacksonT0ny @t_spacebrothers That whole album is great. 8 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… 8 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… 9 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… 9 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… 18 hours ago
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Monthly Archives: June 2010
For every public sector job lost, one will go in the private sector too
Today’s Guardian reports on some unpublished Treasury documents which estimate the impact of the government’s planned spending cuts. According to these projections, for every public sector job lost at least one will be lost in the private sector too. Remember folks, you … Continue reading
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Leave the Cabinet in Bradford
No, I’m serious. We should send the rest of the government, Parliament and the Civil Service up there with them. There must be an old castle or country house around there that the Queen could use too. The government has said … Continue reading
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British company looks east for its IPO
I’ve written a couple of pieces before about our obsession with London being the world’s pre-eminent financial centre. It’s a useful shroud for the financial services industry to wave and it plays well in the British press. We used to have … Continue reading
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John Redwood caught talking rubbish again
John Redwood proves today that having a Cambridge degree and a background in banking still doesn’t stop you from talking bollocks about the economy. “Why are there cuts when spending is going up?” he asks, “Running all the key public … Continue reading
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Rose Gibb’s payoff was legal after all
Remember Rose Gibb? She was the hospital chief executive who was given a payoff to quit her job after a Clostridium difficile (C.diff) outbreak in which 90 people died. After she had signed what she thought was a legally binding agreement, … Continue reading
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How bad will the cuts be?
Hey, the good news (or not, depending on your point of view) is that public spending is going to rise from £696.8bn this year to £757.5bn in 2015-16. (See Page 45 of the budget report.) This seems to have caused confusion … Continue reading
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Spending cuts will hit jobs outside the public sector
Unless it’s all a joke and George Osborne is just messing with us, he will be announcing big public spending cuts today. Some of the first people to notice will be those working in the public sector. According to the ONS, … Continue reading
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Bow-ties and management
We’re off to a posh do tonight and this random thought occurred to me as I was getting my stuff together. Managing people is a bit like tying a bow-tie. The theory is beautifully simple. It’s the execution that’s tricky. … Continue reading
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Would splitting up the banks protect us from a re-run of 2008?
I really want to believe all this stuff about the benefits of splitting up retail and investment banks. I’d love it to be that simple. Split the sober stable retail banks from the crazy greed-driven investment banks and our economy and our savings will be … Continue reading
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Government sets up efficiency hit squad – and warns HR to prepare for a storm
Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has set up “a strong but streamlined group to drive efficiency across government”. The team, known as the Efficiency and Reform Group, is to be based in the Cabinet Office and will include Peter Gershon, … Continue reading
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