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Labour Donor Non-Doms Up In Arms
via Guy Fawkes' blog of parliamentary plots, rumours and conspiracy by Guido Fawkes Esq. on February 11, 2008
So it looks like the Ditherer-in-Chief is going to back down on non-doms and it may well end up as a flat-rate £30,000 charge, no further questions asked. City uproar was not the reason for the change of heart. The billions that the Square Mile brings to Britain were of no consequence to the ruling clique of politicians without a drop of entrepreneurialism* in their blood.Lord Paul, the...
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The briefing against Alistair got a little heated in the last
via Guy Fawkes' blog of parliamentary plots, rumours and conspiracy by Guido Fawkes Esq. on February 12, 2008
The briefing against Alistair got a little heated in the last week - "Why Darling is a menace to Britain" - William Rees-Mogg; "Darling's confidence seems misplaced" - Anatole Kaletsky; Knives out as Alistair Darling loses trust of City in the Sunday Times and various other City scribblings. It had the feel of the briefing before the non-election, the authors of which were to varying degrees...
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Seventies Socialism Returns
via Guy Fawkes' blog of parliamentary plots, rumours and conspiracy by Guido Fawkes Esq. on February 17, 2008
In 1975 Britain was told by Tony Benn that the nationalisation of British Motor Holdings and the Leyland Motor Corporation would be "partial". Alistair Darling today says the nationalisation of Northern Rock will be "temporary".It is worth taking a moment to reflect on how we got here. When Northern Rock's troubles became critical there was no systemic risk to the financial system. There...
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Guido Now Available On Bloomberg Terminals
via Guy Fawkes' blog of parliamentary plots, rumours and conspiracy by Guido Fawkes Esq. on February 18, 2008
Guido is happy to report that in response to demand his cutting edge political and economic news analysis is now distributed worldwide directly into dealing rooms via Bloomberg's terminal network - the fastest-growing real-time financial information network in the world. Guido is now more accessible to the world's central banks, investment institutions, commercial banks, government...
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Does Yvette Know Her Granite from Her Elbow?
via Guy Fawkes' blog of parliamentary plots, rumours and conspiracy by Guido Fawkes Esq. on February 20, 2008
The Granite securitisation vehicle is causing the government a lot of confusion, it may even cause the LibDems to back out of supporting the government's nationalisation of the Crock. Yvette Cooper stated in the Commons debate definitively that Granite is not covered by government guarantees. "It is not being taken into public ownership and it is not, in fact, owned by Northern Rock, so it...
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The Chancellor's Unfunded Spending Hikes
via Guy Fawkes' blog of parliamentary plots, rumours and conspiracy by Guido Fawkes Esq. on March 09, 2008
Back in 2005 Gordon boasted in his budget of "economic growth for the 50th consecutive quarter" in 2006. The next year he did not subsequently boast of 54 consecutive after Guido pointed out that he was taking credit for the five years of growth under the Tories following White Wednesday in 1992.The point of Guido giving this background is to highlight that during all this long unbroken period of...
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The Blog You Love, They Hate
via Guy Fawkes' blog of parliamentary plots, rumours and conspiracy by Guido Fawkes on May 08, 2008
Julia Hobsbawm's Editorial Intelligence held a soiree at the RSA on Wednesday about the Influence of the Commentariat. They had surveyed a hundred or so of the pundit classand invited them to the event to discuss their findings. The great and the good of the chatterati voted Polly Toynbee the most influential columnist and (outside Big Media) Guido the most influential blogger in Britain....
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Where Are Clegg's Expenses?
via Guy Fawkes' blog of parliamentary plots, rumours and conspiracy by Guido Fawkes on May 08, 2008
It is 43 days since Nick Clegg told us with regard to MP's expenses"...there is no earthly reason why the rest of the information should not be published immediately. Any delay will only add to the British public’s distrust in their politicians.”It is a month since they were due to be delivered according to the time-table given to Guido by his spin-mistress Hannah Gardiner. Where are...
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Fantasy Island Economics
via Guy Fawkes' blog of parliamentary plots, rumours and conspiracy by Guido Fawkes on May 27, 2008
The 40% Golden Rule was officially smashed last week. The Office of National Statistics says even the fiddled government debt level now stands at 43.1%. The Treasury's Code for Fiscal Stability allows the Government to break the Golden Rule temporarily if it specifies:the reasons for departing from the previous fiscal policy objectives and operating rules;the approach and period of time...
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Labour Insolvent, 30 Days from Bankruptcy
via Guy Fawkes' blog of parliamentary plots, rumours and conspiracy by Guido Fawkes on May 28, 2008
David Hencke has a round-up this morning of the debts coming due for the Labour Party taken from the Electoral Commission's updated records released yesterday. He also reveals that NEC members threatened to resign unless they were indemnified for their potential liabilities. City lawyers Slaughter & May have warned that NEC members could be jointly and several liable for the debts. That...
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