27 February 2009

Quote of the day

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Larry Elliott in The Guardian ( here ): Public fury at Goodwin and the other failed bank chiefs is inevitable, but a diversion from the big...
26 February 2009

Pedantry can be fun

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Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. At FMQs today, young Mr Gray rather blotted his copybook: "It was him who defended short selling ..." ...
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String him up?

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A £650,000 pension every year for the rest of your life may seem a lot, but I suppose that it is not necessarily out of proportion for a ma...
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25 February 2009

Referendum conundrum

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Much talk this morning in the public prints ( here in The Scotsman and here in The Times) of three question referendums. How does that wor...
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23 February 2009

Quote of the day

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For all our sakes, let us hope that this report in The Independent is an exaggeration: According to reports from No. 10, the atmosphere is...
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22 February 2009

The bank bail-out goes on ...

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... and will this bout of throwing money at the banks be any more successful than on previous occasions? The Sunday Times reports : A furth...
21 February 2009

The trams

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We might as well face it: some things are just not meant to be. The Scotsman reports on the latest controversy to hit the trams: FAILURE ...
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15 February 2009

Quote of the day

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From The Sunday Independent ( here ): "So," said Alice to the Mad Banker, "let me get this right. The Royal Bank of Scotland...
13 February 2009

Probably just as well ...

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Are you a wallflower? Never get invited anywhere? Then look at all those senior Whitehall civil servants with their noses in the trough. ...
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12 February 2009

A long-suffering fan writes ...

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How long do we have to put up with this? Nobody expects the Scottish rugby team to win a grand slam every year - or even every other year. ...
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11 February 2009

On not flogging a dead horse

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Is the SNP becoming sensible? Local Income Tax might be a proposition for the longer term but, in present circumstances and for all the rea...
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10 February 2009

It's a rough old world

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The First Minister's night of the sgian dubh is a reminder of the sheer brutality of political life. It is understandable that, in circ...
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The merry-go-round

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Don't cry for Chelsea's Big Phil: The Brazilian will be paid the remaining 18 months of his contract, totalling about £7.5m ... Sour...
08 February 2009

Bankers wonder why the rest of us are annoyed

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Do you feel appeased? The Sunday Telegraph spells it out : In an attempt to appease ministers, RBS has indicated that no individual banker...
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Procrastination

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President Obama decides that the remuneration of bankers helped by the US Government should be capped at $500,000 per year. President Sarkoz...
07 February 2009

Mamma mia!

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We all have our dirty little secrets, things we know we shouldn't do but nevertheless like to do when no-one else is watching. Some of ...
06 February 2009

Doing religion

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There is no point in getting upset. The man has form, after all. You may find it nauseating in the extreme but, let's face it, God lov...
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04 February 2009

Quote of the day

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President Obama, as reported by the BBC: But in his TV interviews Mr Obama said he regretted the way he had handled the case. "I'...
01 February 2009

Bait and switch

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Are we expected to be satisfied with this outcome? The Sunday Times reports : PEERS who avoid tax or have criminal convictions - such as L...
31 January 2009

The dog that didn't bark

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Curious. He's not usually considered as bashful. Here we have an industrial dispute, with wildcat strikes spreading throughout the coun...
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