March 13, 2010

Act I, Scene I: A man sits hunched at a shabby desk in a leaky portakabin at the back of a railway station car park. At the sound of someone trying to shoulder their way through a warped portakabin door, he hunches himself lower over his desk and buries his face [...]
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March 13, 2010

Here we go again:
Lord Mandelson, the Business Secretary, unexpectedly announced that a £270 million loan guarantee would be given to General Motors Europe, the parent company.
Unexpectedly? Very unexpectedly! Because not all that long ago:
Unions had criticised Lord Mandelson, saying he had been on the periphery of discussions concerning the future of Vauxhall, and the UK [...]
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