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One for the road

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I’ve an early start tomorrow (well early for a Sunday, so before 12), so here’s an article from The Chiefio, just as the EU is about to go tis up, Latin America decide’s it’s an excellent model to follow: “So yeah, some guy selling coconut bras (don’t snicker! I’ve SEEN ‘em!) faces a coconut import tariff for the country next door and pretty soon he’s talking to the guy there who wants to ship him a power tool (also with counter tariff) and they both end up talking to their politicos about a free trade zone. First thing you know, … Continue reading →

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A new bill of rights?

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Friday see’s the end of the consultation period for our new bill of rights, or as Mr Cameron would have it our bill of rights, as he seems to be unaware of the existing documents which form our constitution (H/T

Marching while Rome burns

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Whilst the students march under the banner of “9th Nov”, with the demands in smaller paler print, it seems that Italy is heading rapidly under water with Barclays Capital saying Italy Is Finished: “Mathematically Beyond Point Of No Return” (H/T Katabasis). The global markets aren’t doing so well, so an excellent time to be campaigning for your Government to keep spending more money than you’ve got. If of course that’s what the students are doing, as the small print says: “Fight privatisation, defend eduction” Given how many universities started as private enterprises one wouldn’t have thought that defending education would … Continue reading →