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Much more than stovepiping
I must admit that stovepiping is a new one on me.
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The wrong lesson
The only time that I think the Tory party was in any way acceptable was after WW2 when it was led by people who had seen at first hand the live’s of…
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Remember ethics?
You don’t need much of a memory to recall that as the credit crunch unfolded there was a great deal of debate about business ethics.
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Gold Rushmore
Such is the inadequacy and ego of Trump that he is once again campaigning to have his image added to the four giant faces on Mount Rushmore.
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June 2025

Die easy, please
Whenever I hear or see some idiot claiming that the NHS is unaffordable and we need to revert to an insurance based system I remember a visit to…
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Loads of trouble...
A friend of mine, who is an expert on the global car market, once described Lotus as Loads of Trouble Usually Serious.
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What knows he of England....
Good old Rudyard Kipling’s immortal line “What knows he of England, who only England knows?” has been a very useful guide to life for me for decades.
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We really are lazy
I suppose I am in danger of always saying that the Finns have the answer to everything but when we look at the current row over the benefits bill, it is…
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Friendly advice
Governor Bailey of the Bank of England is not helping the Chancellor very much by pointing out that the hope that eventually productivity will rebound…
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It might be worth it.....
President Trump has been demanding the Nobel Peace prize for years now and claims he should have won it four or five times.
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Launch time
You spend years promising a new strategy.
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Phew, what a scorcher!!!
We are enjoying good weather, and despite all the warnings it is still pretty pleasant.
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