Archives: 'politics'

 
Maybe even America’s only real hope for “change”?

I didn’t really have the urge to say any more about the Kevin Myers piece in the Irish Independent but it seems that Steve has made good his threat and become a regular reader and thus informs us that a group going by the name of the Immigrant Council of Ireland has lodged a formal [...]

Outside my office there are young people collecting for charity. Every day its different people and a different charity but their techniques to get my attention are pretty much the same as I try and slip past them on the way to my lunch. This week they are collecting for aid in Africa so there [...]

 
1970s American magazine advertisement commissioned by the New England Power Company.
Former CIA agent files lawsuit to declassify documents demonstrating Iranian weapons program was abandoned in 2003.
A former CIA operative who says he tried to warn the agency about faulty intelligence on Iraqi weapons programs now contends that CIA officials also ignored evidence that Iran had [...]

I was out for a few drinks with a friend who just so happens to also work in the City one evening last week, as we often do we got to talking about marco-economics and postulating what the future might hold for us all. It’s a funny thing but we first met during a period [...]

Its not every day that Central Bankers or renowned market players speak the truth but we’ve had a sudden spate of it lately, probably wanting to distance themselves from the politicians and the press just in case the proletariat revolt and start burning people for turning them into serfs.
Jean-Claude Trichet said we were seeing “an [...]

The London Mayoral elections are now almost upon us. For some they are of little interest for others they believe that it doesn’t really matter who’s running London but I would beg to differ to both such individuals. London now stands at a crossroads. The current mayor says that he will unite Londoners but I’ve [...]

To that, Lewis retorted: “The role of the president of the United States is to support the decisions that are made by the people of Israel. It is not up to us to pick and choose from among the political parties.” The audience members applauded.
 
     Representing Hillary Clinton: former White House official Ann Lewis

Oops! Elections, don’t [...]

The last two weeks in finance have certainly been interesting, not just for the spectacle of market volatility and the federal reserve blundering but also for the stream of ill-informed drivel appearing on the pages of the press and broadcast media. At this rate I may have to revise my forecasts for the year.

What is [...]

From the BBC Have your say section :
Whatever happens, it won’t benefit me.
 
I drive a car to get to work every day to do a job I hate, so I can pay tax so other people don’t have to..
 
I’d leave if I had my own country to go back to.
 
Working Class tax payer, Bracknell

 
Like a lot of people around the world I have been quietly observing the US elections with some interest. Not least because America’s political direction has a profound impact on the world but also because the current economic climate makes this one of the most important elections for some forty years or more. So given [...]

Not so long ago the prospect of $100 oil and a sinking dollar where the preserve of doom mongers but as we move into 2008 it seems that is exactly the reality that confronts us. Dealing with these issues will not be easy and a tough year lies ahead but with policymakers seeming alert to [...]