Osborne to split the economy in two
Thursday, August 4th, 2011George Osborne is a man to follow a trend. Kraft has announced today it is splitting the company in two. George Osborne will be following suit tonight.
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The positive attributes of anger
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011There was a fabulous article in the Guardian yesterday by Priyamvada Gopal. It addressed the outbreak of genuine anger in the UK in July, focussed
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Maybe some in the Isle of Man might now understood why I made a fuss
Monday, July 25th, 2011It’s only just over two months ago that an Isle of Man DJ said on Manx government owned radio: In the Isle of Man we
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How to buy a football club: go offshore
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011From the Treasure Islands blog, with permission: Last night I caught the tail end of a Channel 4 TV programme entitled How to Buy a Football
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Since when was carrying a leaflet an offence? The remaining F & M prosecutions are the action of a police force in need of radical reform
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011As Nina Power notes in the Guardian this morning: In Sir Paul Stephenson’s resignation as Metropolitan police commissioner on Sunday night, one of the things he
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Yesterday's word cloud
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011I just found Wordle – which generates word clouds, easily. So I banged in yesterday’s blog front page just to see what it looked like.
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We face financial meltdown - and this time we have a prime minister without an ounce of authority
Monday, July 18th, 2011As the Guardian reports tonight: More than £5bn was wiped off the value of three of Britain’s biggest banks on Monday as global financial markets
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Treasury Statement on VAT revenue sharing with the Isle of Man
Monday, July 18th, 2011The UK Treasury issued the following statement this afternoon: Written Ministerial Statement Isle of Man Indirect Tax Revenue Sharing The Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury: (David Gauke):
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Cameron marches in African solidarity with Diamond's Barclays gravy train of oppression
Monday, July 18th, 2011As his grip on power in the UK slips, undermined by his own remarkable lack of judgement, David Cameron his gone off to South Africa
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