Money

HSBC – Love ‘em or Leave ‘em?

November 12, 2010

The telephone disturbed the afternoon peace a few minutes ago. The line echoed in the manner of a Skype call; I had answered in French naturally, and the caller sounded hesitant. ‘Ms Raccoon’ said he – well, no actually, but you get the idea! ‘Yes’. ‘I am with HSBC security division and I need to [...]

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Make mine a double!

August 21, 2010

I need to start this off by saying that I really don’t believe in man-made climate change. I quite firmly believe that the climate changes, but I don’t believe that man’s scratchings on the face of the planet have a measurable effect on the climate. But having said that, I am very much in favour [...]

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Means testing

August 20, 2010

Another day brings us another nimble U-turn from the “Coalition of the Willing (to be just as bad as Labour)”. In opposition, everyone was vehemently against Labour’s plans to means test benefits that are currently universal. Now that the Tories are in power, they’re suddenly calling for universal benefits to be means tested. The Liberal [...]

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Heads they win, tails you lose

August 10, 2010

There is little I can say that can convince you of the blind stupidity and wasteful cost of government as well as this little tale can: In hidden vaults across the country, the US government is building a stockpile of $1 coins. The hoard has topped $1.1bn – imagine a stack of coins reaching almost [...]

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Not exactly “Crocodile Dundee” these cuts, are they?

June 29, 2010

My attention was drawn to an article in the Spectator, well, not so much an article as a graph, really: And what does this graph show us? Well, the red bars are what the debt would have been if Labour had won the election and the blue bars are what the debt will be under [...]

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You cannot be serious !

June 24, 2010

I have been otherwise engaged battling the forces of darkness in Court, the subject of a more considered post mid July. So I have only just got round to George’s efforts at sorting the insolvent Government we have. Can I underline this, the Country is not insolvent the Government is. We, the Country, have Billions [...]

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Biting the bullet

June 14, 2010

There is a paradox facing those who have responsibility for equipping “our brave men and women”. Our soldiers are braving death and disfigurement on our behalf and they deserve to be properly armed and protected as best we can. The deserve to have decent equipment, appropriate armoured vehicles and decent logistical support. Even in the [...]

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