December 2011
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Ever seen a £100bn U-Turn?? I have...
When George Osborne had the lightbulb idea of introducing an Autumn statement instead of Gordon Brown’s pre-Budget Report he must have been envisaging himself leading a song and dance up the wave of UK economic recovery skipping hand-in-hand with David Cameron and his fellow Coalition buddies. The reality however is a lot starker and there were very few smiles during the session in...
November 2011
5 posts
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It wasn't me....
Wow… what a week…what a month… what a bloody year!!!
I am going to save my roundup of 2011 for nearer New Years but this week I am struggling to choose between writing about the new Greek Cabinet, the old Italian Prime Minister, the new Italian Cabinet, the Eurozone Crisis, President Assad and the deteriorating situation in Syria and the guy who went wading through rubbish to find his wife’s...
Papademos sworn in to lead party-packed Greek... →
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The Great Greek Tragedy...by George Papendreou,...
Truth be told, I started writing this a week ago. However every day I would hold off posting it for one reason or another (yes, laziness) and every day some abrupt turn in the Papendreou debacle meant I had to keep rewriting and updating. By Saturday morning I had given up. Nevertheless this is meant to be a weekly blog so I have taken the plunge. However, in all honesty, considering the Greeks...
October 2011
2 posts
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Remember, Remember, the 5th of November....
Admittedly, they might have been a week or two early, but the recent Tory rebellion on Europe was close enough to the infamous date that Guy Fawkes tried to turn the modern world (as he knew it) upside down, to merit the above headline. I say this not just due to its proximity to the anniversary of the gunpowder plot but also in terms of what they set out to achieve and the manner in which they...
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Zachary Jonah- I have something to say...
I started this blog because I have long had an interest in UK politics, finance and economics. I hope that my blog can become a discussion “trigger” for all those individuals who see events folding worldwide and just want somewhere to express their views. I welcome all comments and would love to have some lively debate.
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