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Tag Archives: Gordon Brown
The Reverse Robin Hood: or I Fought the Beast and the Beast Won
I’m not sure exactly when it happened that the British public decided that Bankers were agents of the devil, but it certainly seems to be the case judging by headlines this week. Well, maybe the press is on to something… … Continue reading
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Tagged agreed overdraft, Aleister Crowley, bank charges, free banking in the UK, Gordon Brown, high street banks, informal overdraft arrangements, Lord Mance, Mr Sumption QC, New Labour and the Banks, Office of Fair Trading, Office of Fair Trading Versus The Minions of Satan, overdraft fees, reverse robin hood, rich get richer poor get poorer, Social Justice, Supreme Court, supreme court decision on bank charges, UK banks, usury
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CJ on Rural Transport Issues in the UK
A long time ago I got involved in a debate on a friends mailing list on rural transport issues, and for some reason felt moved to look it up and write properly on it. I then placed this on my … Continue reading
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Tagged British Rail, Department of Transport, deregulation of bus industry, Developing an Integrated Transport Policy., Geoffrey Howe, gloucestershire county council, Gordon Brown, Margaret Thatcher, New Labour, Norman Fowler, public transport, Railways act 1993, railways in the UK, rural bus services, rural economy, rural life, rural transport issues, town and country planning act, transport acts, UK politics, `government policy on rural transport
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"And sometimes he's so nameless" 
Acceptable in the Eighties?
Still I suppose it’s time to comment on the General Election, and talk politics. Please don’t change the channel — you all know that I am an old lefty who will vote Lib Dem because I live in Cheltenham, but for reasons to do with economic policy and supporting the public sector (I’m still likening our position in some ways to 1947, and see public sector spending as one potential way out: I’m sure the economists among you can tell me why this is a hopelessly naive assessment) I want to see Brown re=elected. Bet that really scares and outrages a lot of people? Hey we can differ. 🙂 Continue reading →