Land Registry and other UK asset sales … who steals our golden goose?
Short term issues drive out the long with no guarantee of good or honest decision making
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24/05/2016
If the Panama Hat Fits … Don’t Sell the Land Registry
The Land Registry in England and Wales earns money for the Treasury. Last year it gave £119M ($169M) back to the UK Treasury. Naturally enough selling it is a government aspiration — ideology being what it is.
01/05/2016
Immigration – The Unaccountable in Pursuit of the Ineligible
In moments there is a row of scared workers, including British, EU and non-EU citizens in full view of the diners. They are searched, finger-printed and interrogated.
11/04/2016
Can We Make U-Turn on the Road to Perdition?
We moan, grumble, rant, rage and then do nothing. Why? Are we powerless?
25/02/2016
Trouble in the Bubble
Bubble? What Bubble? The Westminster Bubble of course. You know, the place where the UK politicians who aspire to ‘serve’ us expend phenomenal energy and effort on our behalf. We elect…
04/09/2015
Standards of Incompetence
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. Benjamin Disraeli Says Who? I thought M J Maroney said: there’s lies, damned lies, and statistics. But did he? When I checked…
30/07/2015
Angels Cut … Evil Steals the Angels’ Share (videos)
Within days, investigator Sam Duncan and his wily minder Tonka face a gruesome trail of violence (video), murder and duplicity.
24/07/2015
Human Kindness in 4 Ideas
Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness - Confucius Human Kindness … Where’d it go How many awful, cruel, dishonest and utterly nasty people have enraged you recently? Where's…
04/07/2015
Short-term Culture = Long-term Problems
‘Life—the way it really is—is a battle not between good and bad, but between bad and worse’ Joseph Brodsky It's short-term culture that causes long-term problems … discuss Our new Tory government…
26/05/2015