This week immigration has once again taken centre stage in British politics, triggered in the most part by an article by Conservative MP Nigel Hastilow, naturally this has been followed by some fierce rhetoric but what I have found interesting about all this is the language which has been employed by the supporters of immigration [...]
When I first watched Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” I will admit that I was a bit concerned by its structure and some of its content. Principally that Gore himself had used climate change as a naked self-promotional tool, but also that he had used Hurricane Katrina as an example of climate change; an assertion [...]
Regular visitors here might be a little puzzled as to why I’ve been a bit quiet on this over the last week or two. Partly because I’ve been kept busy at work as a result of what’s been happening but also because its something that didn’t exactly come as a surprise and its not where [...]
Its been pretty scary on the markets the last week as fear sets in around a credit crunch. Top name funds in the roll call for the hall of shame are :
3 Bear Stearns hedge funds
3 BNP Paribas funds
3 Goldman Sachs funds: Global Alpha, North American Equity Opportunities, North American Equity Opportunities
The only real mystery [...]
There’s been a finance related news item that’s been doing the rounds on various sites which started with a story by the Telegraph’s Ambrose Evans-Pritchard expanding on the threat that China may use its current financial position as a weapon against the US economy if they continue to pressure Beijing to strengthen the Yuan. All [...]
Over the last couple of weeks we’ve been hearing a lot of accusations and assertions about the causes and responses to the floods which have deluged our little island. What I find most interesting is the continual references to Climate Change which has replaced the 19th century caveat of Act of God which broadly translates [...]
I’ve just got back from a short leave in Asturias, the weather wasn’t perfect but certainly better than it has been back home. Nevertheless, all that fresh air and beautiful landscape was the tonic I needed.
I returned to find the weather top of the agenda in the news both here and in the US with [...]
Guerrilla warfare analyst and blogger John Robb has his new book out and its a must read for those of you who are interested in understanding the mechanisms behind the rise in global terrorism, systems disruption and guerrilla warfare. The primary thrust of his thesis is that parallels can be drawn with the new model [...]
Since the inception of the White House “War on Terror” we have been fed a constant diet in the media of Middle-Eastern politics and ethnic divisions simplified to the point of reductio ad absurdum. Historical context is conveniently side-stepped with candour in order to present a picture to support our state policy du jour and [...]
