
It’s all go on Capitol Hill! Senators, both Republican and Democrat, are tearing into Henry Paulson’s bail-out plan. They don’t seem to like the US Treasury secretary’s proposal one little bit. "It’s un-American!" says one. "It angers me!" says another. But if you ...
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Having devoted last Monday’s Penny Sleuth to the all too easy task of taunting Alistair Darling, I thought that I should give the man a second chance. After all, not only did his speech to the TUC Congress contain the germ of an interesting idea, but it ...
Not being a Guardian reader, I missed the now famous interview in which Alastair Darling described the economic outlook as the worst for sixty years. But since it caused such a furore and has pulled the rug out from underneath Sterling, I thought that I should ...
I find myself stuck in a traffic jam, in Ruislip. I can imagine Ruislip was quite a pleasant little place fifty years ago. Happy schoolchildren played in the streets, housewives paused to exchange pleasantries with the butcher and the baker, and occasionally a ...
"The Millipede’s going head-to-head with Harman!" That’s how I heard the news yesterday afternoon, when a colleague shouted it across the room. A Labour leadership contest is shaping up between David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, and Harriet Harman, the ...
Just why is Gordon Brown still in office? Why? I remember all the "Vote Blair, Get Brown" talk from Labour supporters in the run up to the last election. Well, we’ve got him now. Had him for over a year. And it’s a long time since I heard anyone say "Tell you ...
It is enough to make me feel quite nostalgic. Inflation, the public finances in a mess, striking council workers leaving rubbish piling up in the streets - and now Dave Prentis. This throwback to the days of Vic Feather, Hugh Scanlon, Arthur Scargill et al is ...
So what on earth are we to make of this? Alistair Darling said yesterday that everything’s fine. We won’t have a recession. The economy will continue to grow. Gordon Brown, on the other hand, said there are "difficult times" ahead. He urged pay restraint. He ...
I’m a Newcastle United fan. Last season we went on a run of 13 games without a win. Thirteen games! There are only 38 in a season! Needless to say, I was mightily relieved when we finally won one. It had got the point where I was happy to take any win, ...
A shadowy figure lumbered into Ladbrokes this morning. His chin was tucked into his chest, and he wore a hat, pulled down to conceal his face.
He looked nervously over his shoulder, hoping no-one had spotted him, had recognised him. He approached the counter. ...
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