The Worship Of Youth Has Diminished -

If The Pendulum Swings, It May Swing To A Combination Of Conservatives And Liberal Democrats And, Thus, To A Period Of Minority Government Or Coalition, In Some Form.

When I Was A Child We Were Sufficiently Well Off For Me To Be A Picky Eater And I Still Cannot Eat Vegetables Cooked In The Traditional British Manner.

The Degree Of Leverage Now Being Reversed Is On A Staggering Scale, And The Underlying Global Imbalances – Notably Between The Savers And The Spenders – Will Require Long And Painful Adjustment.

The Robert Mugabe School Of Economics Provides A Salutary Warning About Uncontrolled Monetary Expansion In Generating Hyper-inflation. The Road To Harare Is Not As Long As We Might Hope.

I Have Managed To Infuriate The Bank Bosses; Acquire A Fatwa From The Revolutionary Guards Of The Trades Union Movement; Frighten The 'daily Telegraph' With A Progressive Graduate Payment; And Upset Very Rich People Who Are Trying To Dodge British Taxes. I Must Be Doing Something Right.