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1. Change of Mood - 1 May 2008
A Change of Mood
Commentary No 390 1st May 2008
Times are definitely getting harder. And so many things seem to be getting worse. There is no need to depress ourselves by trying to make a definitive list of the problems that have recently arisen a
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2. Giants followed by Pygmies - 25 April 2008
Why is it that the giants of British politics are so often followed by pygmies? Mark you; it is not always the case. Atlee was a notable exception and Churchill called him a modest man who had much to be modest a
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3. Is the Law an Ass - 18 April 2008
Is the Law an Ass?
Commentary No 388 18th April 2008
Or has it just given us a salutary reminder of what it is like to live within the law?
The judgment delivered the other day by two distinguished judges about the government's decision to aban
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4. Per Ardua ad Astra - 11 April 2008
Per Ardua ad Astra
Commentary No. 387 11th April 2008
Monday of last week, the first of April, saw a fly pass by the RAF across London. It signaled the 90th anniversary of the founding of the RAF on the first of April 1918. There was also a serv
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5. The End of the Beginning - 4 April 2008
We may have reached the end of the beginning. But we still have a long way to go before we get to the beginning of the end. Only when we do will it be possible to start work on the post-mortem of the current crisis
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6. Banker, Trader, Seller, Spiv - 28 March 2008
Last week dramatic events in the City covered all four of the above. The Spiv started the rumour. He found somebody to be a seller. They went through the Trader and the bank shares plummeted. The FSA has not
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7. Budget Baloney - 21 March 2008
Serious comment on last week’s budget is difficult. Seldom has a glimpse into the future, which is what any budget really is, been based on such questionable assumptions. Alistair Darling acknowledged that there might be difficult
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8. This is IT! - 15 March 2008
This is IT!
Commentary No 383 15th March 2008
Meaning? Meaning that we hit the buffers last Friday. This is unlikely to be the equivalent of the Great Crash but it is certainly the reckoning that we have been approaching these last few months. W
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