Merkel tries to silence talk of Greece leaving the eurozone; Barroso: Eurobonds will not bring an immediate solution to the eurozone crisis
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OpenEurope 1 day ago (via openeurope.org.uk)
RBS boss Stephen Hester breaks his silence on the controversy surrounding his bonus, saying the attention had been "discomforting, to say the least".
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BBCPolitics 1 day ago (via bbc.co.uk)
Former Foreign Secretary breaks silence to warn Labour risks moving too far to the Left under his brother's leadership and is in danger of alienating business.
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Telegraph on 1st Feb 2012 (via telegraph.feedsportal.com)
Bonus culture ‘out of control’, says Cameron, but silence on any Hester pay-out at RBS
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FT on 19th Jan 2012 (via ft.com)
It happened a few days ago and it’s been spread around a bit, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be spread around more. A drone monitors the last convoy of US troops to leave Iraq, closing the border gate with...
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BloodAndTreasure on 20th Dec 2011 (via bloodandtreasure.typepad.com)
There's a great selection of writers named of the cover of our Christmas issue. But one name, however, may stand out: Adam Werritty, who has written an article giving his take on the scandal that brought down Liam Fox earlier this year. We thought CoffeeHousers might care to read the whole thing (naturally, before buying a copy of the issue here), so here it is: When you hire a morning suit f...
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Spectator on 15th Dec 2011 (via spectator.co.uk)
Charles Moore’s essay on the Iron Lady in today’s Telegraph is required reading. Here’s how he starts: ‘The best way to understand why a feature film about Margaret Thatcher might work is to imagine trying to make one about other 20th-century British prime ministers. How about Safety First (Stanley Baldwin), A Period of Silence (Clement Attlee), Crisis? What Crisis? (James ...
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Spectator on 3rd Dec 2011 (via spectator.co.uk)
What is Labour promising ? Labour is 90% Union funded, and these days that means public sector Union funded ( really tax payer funded as lots of lovely kickbacks are given to the public sector unions such as the pilgrims and the union modernisation fund etc. And yet do you hear Labour saying it will restore public sector pensions back to where they are now ? The silence is deafening. Now striking ...
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ManInAShed on 30th Nov 2011 (via atoryblog.blogspot.com)