fred goodwin

Bankers, bonuses, bandwagons, the crisis of capital and the failure of government

February 5, 2012 21 comments
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Stripping Fred the Shred of his honour and vilifying Stephen Hester shows politicians at their most irrelevant. An effective banking system is essential for a healthy economy. The free movement of capital in has funded the projects and industries which over the last 200 years have, with some obvious calamities along the way, driven the [...]

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Public Sector Pensions and the Shadow of Fred Goodwin

September 16, 2011 12 comments
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The decision of various trade unions across the UK to take the gloves off and wage war against the planned reform to public sector pensions of course prompts comparisons with the Winter of Discontent in 1979 and even the 1926 General Strike, probably the most widespread nationwide withdrawal of labour in Britain’s history. Dave Prentis [...]

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Hyper-injunctions | The Secret Misery.

March 19, 2011 80 comments
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On Thursday afternoon, in a back room of Parliament, history was made.  A few MPs found themselves a backbone; they found a way in which they could exercise their Freedom of Speech and perform their ancient duty, drawn from the Bill of Rights 1688, of redressing the grievances of the citizens who rely on them. [...]

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