It’s a good rule of thumb that people with no foresight usually become surprised, indignant – and then […]
Month: May 2010
Withdrawal from any dangerous drugcan be fatal….as the Greeks are finding out. It is a sign of how […]
‘Moral hazard’ is rapidly taking over from ‘sex worker’ as the favourite sentence-filler of the chattering classes. Indeed, […]
There’s nothing new in this latest shambles.It’s election incompetence (continued). First we had New Labour, then New Gordon […]
Zapatero….hero or zero? Fitch downgraded Spain’s credit rating from AAA to AA+ today. Spain has held the top […]
Every day we read and hear about individuals doing odd things. Today there was a piece somewhere about […]
Now that the liars are out of office, it’s time we were told the truth about Iraq’s invisible […]
The Independent has a new commenting system. Hooray.I just tried to comment on Andrew Cornwell’s North Korea piece […]
Markets, pundits and lenders insisting on EU reform are likealcoholics telling fat people to diet. There can be […]
I estimate (because I just spent the last few minutes working it out) that in the West, around […]
Prime Minister David Cameron caused further dismay yesterday when, on Radio 4’s Today programme, he once again dodged […]
Prudential is in talks with US group AIG in an attempt to cut the price of its $35.5 […]
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