Tag Archives: UK economy

Obama Takes It To The Man

Today is an auspicious day whichever side of the fence you sit on, and indeed whichever particular fence you have. No matter what your nationality, race, religion, creed, colour, lifestyle, or way in which you dress, the inauguration of Barack Obama today is going to make a difference to you. Recent events have shown just [...]

Crisis? – What crisis?

Having just completed my Christmas shopping I had cause while waiting for what seemed like several days in the checkout queue to reflect on the year ahead. Headlines shouted doom and gloom from the nearby news stand, and while a few heads seem to be rolling, mainly in the financial sector, I am increasingly puzzled [...]

Happy Christmas, Your Highness

I see the Queen has imposed a £50 limit on her family as a Christmas gift budget as she doesn’t want people to think they are being extravagant in these difficult economic times. While I’m unashamedly a royalist, I think she’s missed the point here. If everyone limited their spending to just £50, I wonder [...]