30 November 2012

The vision thing

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Are you bored already?  Vainly fighting the old ennui?  It all got so complicated and you can no longer distinguish the goodies from the bad...
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29 November 2012

Conversation of the week

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As ever, from The Guardian  ( here ): Osborne:  Before you go, Cams. I need to tell you I've just chosen the next governor of the Ban...
28 November 2012

Impertinence and the socratic dialogue

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They really really don't like each other ...
27 November 2012

Flogging a dead horse

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You thought the problem had gone away, didn't you?  Well it hasn't!  The EU, the IMF and the ECB (and, no doubt, other assorted acro...

Toupee or not toupee

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Mildly amused by the re-emergence of Michael Fabricant, an MP whose 15 minutes of fame had hitherto rested entirely on his wig.  He now ...
26 November 2012

Signs of uncommon sense?

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Could it be?  Is it possible?  Is the Tory leadership beginning to grasp the fact that British membership of the EU is not necessarily a Bad...
21 November 2012

How to undermine your own Law Officer

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You might have thought that the Attorney General had made the position abundantly clear: After Dominic Grieve, the Attorney General, sai...
13 November 2012

Photo of the day

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LoL

Too much time on their hands

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These American generals are really romantic, at least when it comes to e-mails  It amazes me how they find the time.   The Guardian reports ...

Covered both ways

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Much fuss about the payoff to the BBC Director General amounting to double the amount specified in his contract.   The Guardian   reports : ...
10 November 2012

Smoke and mirrors

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Let us see if I have understood this. When the government borrows money, it sells what are known as gilts (essentially IOUs), to banks and...
09 November 2012

It's that time of year

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06 November 2012

Nothing ever happens

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When I hear, once again, that the government is going to do something about tax avoidance and evasion, I can only metaphorically shrug my s...

Vox pop

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I've had enough.  I am not going to listen to the radio until we start getting actual results tomorrow morning. America appears to be ...
05 November 2012

What has he got to hide?

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Secret arms sales?  To middle eastern potentates?   The Guardian reports : David Cameron  will embark on a low-key arms trip to the Gulf o...
04 November 2012

Wearing white stilettoes?

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Are e-mail addresses subject to the dictates of fashion?   The Observer thinks so : The most astonishing thing about the news that Gmail,...
02 November 2012

Music of the week

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Class:

Quote of the day

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From Her Majesty's UK Government ( here ): "This government has confirmed it does hold legal advice on this issue. Based on the ...

US political campaign ad of the year

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01 November 2012

Homophones

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Chris Christie , Republican Governor of New Jersey and potential presidential candidate for 2016: Kris Kringle, star of Miracle on 34t...