Posted on December 24, 2009 by Nick
Well, this is probably my last post of not just the year, but a whole decade. And that gives us quite a lot to look back on; here’s a list from off the top of my head. They’re largely negative, but that’s only because it’s bad things which make the news… the biggest debt pile [...]
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Posted on August 26, 2009 by Nick
Hullo! Thanks to a week in the South of France, a civilised amount of wine, a pool and a jacuzzi, I am refreshed and much more jaunty than usual. The press like to call August the “Silly Season” because there’s less real news to go round – which is why anything from reality TV to [...]
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Posted on April 23, 2009 by Nick
I’ve been wondering what to say about Budget 2009. Truth is, this will go down as one of the strangest budgets in history. It’s one in which Mr Darling split the economy into neatly separated areas, which apparently don’t ever meet or interact. Darling is rightly concerned (worried? petrified?) about the state of the macro-economy. [...]
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Posted on August 5, 2008 by Nick
I didn’t plan to get into politics on this blog, but it is my job to stick up occasionally for the interests of business. Especially when business unfairly gets a mauling. Petrol prices have, not surprisingly been in the news. Over this weekend, I paid over £1.20 per litre- it’s a real kick in the [...]
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Posted on March 12, 2008 by Nick
Well, given the unstable state of the economy, we should have expected a pretty bland budget, and that’s what we got. Darling was barracked the moment he got to his feet, using the phrase “Stability now, and in the future” to much laughter. But in my previous post I lamented this administration’s endless tinkering, and [...]
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