Clegg, Cameron, And Europe: The Big Kerfuffle
What a kerfuffle, eh? The press do love a bit of a fight. Most journalism is about disagreement, difference and dissent. It creates drama and drives a story. In general, […]
Tag Archives: Economy
Eurozone: Return Of The Visigoths
Reading the newspapers this morning, you might get the impression that the European monetary crisis had somehow been resolved by the standard overnight marathon meeting of the Union’s financial ministers. […]
Dark Days Ahead
It’s that time of year when the nights start drawing in until we get to the point where we go to work in the dark of the mornings and return home […]
The Cost Of Austerity
The Guardian are reporting that Chancellor George Osborne last night gave a speech to City bigwigs at Lloyds of London’s annual dinner, promising to stick to his austerity plan despite […]
Osbornomics For Beginners
The Independent are really good at graphic representations of information. Especially in their latest project, the newspaper they call ‘i’. Well worth a look if you get the chance. Today, […]
Economy: Speaking For Itself?
What Price Justice (And Olives)?
Ever since the amazing Anna Chen of the Madam Miaow blog posted a comment praising me for my brevity and style, I’ve written nothing but long wittering posts with the […]
Ed Balls PWNs Mike Hancock
Ed Balls is known as a bruiser in the political arena. Some have called him worse. But nobody can argue that he isn’t a very capable performer and this is […]
Politics, Poker, Pennies, And Pumps
I’d love to be able to write a few hundred exciting words on the thrills and spills of yesterday’s budget, but I can’t. Not that I don’t have time or […]
Will Inflation Scupper The Forgotten Budget?
It seemed to have slipped out of the media’s attention, what with all this Libyan stuff, but the Budget is rapidly approaching once again. No doubt the conflict will change […]
