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Unjustified Bonuses Paid By Taxpayers
AIG bonuses are ‘an outrage’ says President Obama, and he speaks for us all. How can the senior executives in AIG be so out of touch with reality that they rely on legal niceties to do what is so morally wrong? Perhaps that la...
RBS (The Royal Bank of Scotland ) Has Record Loss Of £28 billion
Image via Wikipedia After hearing the news that the Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) is proving to be the Lloyd’s Banking Group Albatross, you might not be surprised to see that the other UK banking shoe is falling, if you don’t mind the mi...
UK MPs Gold-plated Pensions Under Serious Review
When so many, and in particular pensioners, are suffering world-wide in the global financial crisis, it is almost unbelievable to see the UK Telegraph’s story Gordon Brown to scrap final salary pensions for MPs. Gold-plated final salary pension...
Openness In Government - Barack Obama
This is a somewhat ironic follow-up to the earlier rant about Gordon Brown’s wish to keep embarrassing UK government activities secret. Actions speak louder than words. On his very first packed full day in office, Barak Obama has pledged ...
Gordon Brown, UK Prime Minister, Old World. Barack Obama, New World.
What a glorious day occurred yesterday for the whole world with the inauguration of Barak Obama as the new US president. Now we must all pick up the message, Yes We Can. That means facing up to reality. After a whirlwind of galas surround...
