Gloomy September

I apologise for the posting lapse but I’ve been working on refining our Basel 2 EPE calculations and rather burning the candle into the night. Its strange how your mind distorts reality after extended periods of working and your body aches as if you had been in a road accident when you have only been sitting at a computer. It’s a shame because there have been a few things in the news recently that I wanted to write about because a lot of people had missed some important points, but never mind they can wait.

Its all doom and gloom here in London these days with everyone obsessing about the contracting economy and the infernal rain which thankfully has just stopped short of the floods of last year. As yet another storm aligns itself to pound the Americas I find it amazing that there are still people who cannot contemplate that our climate is wounded.

Who killed Britain? A new book reveals that the land Queen Elizabeth II once ruled no longer exists.

The Mail reviews a new book (Our Times: The Age of Elizabeth II by A.N. Wilson) that claims to analyse the falling fortunes of Britain. I’m not a great fan of the Mail’s hysteria-led politics but if this review is anything to go by there is little I could disagree with in it. Though I suspect there will be some pertinent omissions which have allowed it to be published at all.

It does offer unrestricted immigration amongst the causes which interestingly has been picked-up this week by Labour rebel Frank Field who has taken upon himself to stand up to Labour immigration policy, perhaps in an attempt to court voter sentiment for the party, but I’ll be surprised if there is any backbone to it as importing voters to fill the cheap flats that the party donors built is a core Labour strategy and the true meaning of the odd movement of the Stamp Duty taxation barrier last week.

Remember : [almost] Everything you see is a lie.

Perhaps its time to get back to basics?