Gordon is a Moron: The Definitive and Objective Analysis of Gordon Brown's Decade as Chancellor of the Exchequer
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
• Leak reveals cuts of £350m • Business fury over jobs plan Gordon Brown stands accused today of misleading the public over his much-vaunted plans to help young people through the recession. Leaked documents show the government is planning drastic cuts for its flagship plan to train a new generation of apprentices. Confidential papers obtained by The Observer show that, while Brown...
Capitalists@Work (Free subscription) | yesterday
Really, I have heard of some daft Government policies, Cones hotlines, Dangerous dogs, 5-a-day, etc. But today takes the biscuit big time. At the G20 Alistair Darling and Gordon Brown started advocating the tobin tax. This is an old left idea for taking a tax on all international finance transfers. Not only do very few countries agree with this idea , it is simply impractical to implement; and wrong....
Man in a Shed (Free subscription) | yesterday
Gordon brown's last minute gate crashing of the G20 Finance Minister meeting ( and you have to feel sorry for Alistair Darling at this point ) has shown how badly he's really regarded in the world. But I wonder what sort of advice he's getting. Surely you sound out an idea privately before standing up and inviting yourself to an international meeting then giving a speech to suggest an idea ? Did no...
Prodicus (Free subscription) | yesterday
It's the little things which betray a man's true character. Only the unstoppable or immovable causes Gordon Brown to withdraw from positions which he knows to be right even if when they are wrong, mad or insulting. That this makes him an exceedingly dangerous man has become clear to the whole country including the Labour remnant who will vote for him out of blind tribalism at the general election....
France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
G20 countries committed to work towards an "ambitious outcome" at next month's vital UN climate change conference after meeting on Saturday, but fell short of agreeing a figure on climate funding. Finance ministers from leading developed and emerging economies also said they would keep economic policy support in place in the face of "uneven" recovery, in a communique released after...
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | yesterday
THE poor countries of the world cannot delay acting on global warming by blaming climate change on the rich, Chancellor Alistair Darling has warned ahead of a key meeting of G
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
CHANCELLOR Alistair Darling has given a clear signal that he will not inflate government spending further with a fresh "fiscal stimulus", as he begins the task of haul
LATICONOMICS (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Darling Seeks G-20 Plan to Deal With Asset Bubbles (Update2) By Gonzalo Vina and Emma Ross-Thomas Nov. 6 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling said the Group of 20 nations should develop a way to tackle asset-price bubbles as the world’s leading economies recover. “We have got to make sure we don’t get ourselves into a situation where some pressure starts...
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk - UK & world news (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Alistair Darling has said that a deal to tackle climate change is "essential", as he prepared for a summit with finance ministers and bankers.
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk - Liverpool News (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
A return to financial prosperity over the next decade will loom large in talks between the world's leading economies, Chancellor Alistair Darling has said.
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
A return to financial prosperity over the next decade will loom large in talks between the world's leading economies, Chancellor Alistair Darling has said.
The Croydonian (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
First up, Old Age Pensioners (Number and Cost). Mr. DUNDAS WHITE asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he can say what were the numbers of old age pensioners on the books of the pension officers for England and Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and the United Kingdom as a whole respectively for the latest date to which figures are available; what has been the cost of the pensions in each country from 1st...
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk - Liverpool News (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Chancellor Alistair Darling has urged finance ministers from the world's leading economies to "get on" with tackling climate change.
Tom Nelson (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
B'More Green: Cardin, other Dems move climate [hoax] bill in Senate "We have an urgent responsibility to act," Cardin said, adding that if action is not taken, there could be irreversible catastrophic climate change that could jeopardize the availability of water, food and fuel for all . "We will face a world that's less diverse, less beautiful and less secure," he concluded. Al...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
In response to Councillor Richard Brett ( Letters , 4 November), refuse collectors in Leeds did not resort to strike action lightly, but because they saw their income and livelihood threatened. Despite eight weeks of the strike, with the mess piling up on our streets and bins overflowing, the refuse workers have the backing of the majority of the city: a concert to raise money for the striking workers...
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