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Some Thoughts on Tax
My role as leader of Britain’s newest political party takes me all over the country, usually the pace is too frenetic for me to take much of an interest in the logistical dynamics, but recently [more…]
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Postcard from Taiwan
The Alishan Forest Railway runs from the coastal plain into the heart of Taiwan’s empty highlands. It was built in 1912 by the Japanese for the purpose of transporting timber from the mountains for the [more…]
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Interview with Gordon Brown Prime Minister
Sunday am on the Rotherhampoofta show.
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This Time it will be Different
The last crash 2007/2008 Before the last financial crisis in 2007/2008 sub-prime mortgages were all the rage. The idea was that if mortgage lenders put a pot-pourri of mortgages in a parcel, the risks attaching [more…]
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Prequel Part One: The Boiling of the Ham
Portius stepped over the threshold of The Iron Duke, his village pub. Scanning the gentle hubbub of the pub he saw Dave and Quentin in the corner with their girlfriends and waved cheerily. Dave was [more…]
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Rising Tide, Dead Right!
DJ MJ Redux
America
Postcard From Canada, No 6
Kelowna had been great, everything about it, from start to finish, could hardly have been bettered but there was still more to see and do. We arrived back at The Mountain RV Park mid afternoon [more…]
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Postcard From Rhas Al Khaima
A fellow Postalier, whose name escapes me (apologies), mentioned a couple of days ago that he was going to be attending a Muslim (Islamic) wedding. During a bit of banter he (or she) mentioned that [more…]
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A Divided Nation
There seems to be a lack of historical perspective concerning the division of opinion in the country today. The great & the good argue, no doubt for their own benefit, it is unprecedented. The Archbishop [more…]