August 27th, 2013 For some time now, I have been warning that Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank are seriously damaged institutions that could — like HBOS in the mid 2000s — be an accident waiting to happen. Still plagued by bad debts and with a parent in Melbourne that has lost patience with them, the […]
By Ian Fraser Published: Sunday Herald Date: August 25th, 2013 FOUR decades of laissez-faire policies have left Britain as a deeply indebted and uncompetitive economy that is unable to pay its way in the world and incapable of rediscovering its economic mojo, according to a number of economists and speakers at the Edinburgh International Book Festival last […]
August 17th, 2013 You may remember that, back in November 2010, it emerged that a “cocky” Prince Andrew appeared to welcome and endorse bribery and corruption — or at least that he abhors those who would seek to get in its way, including anti-corruption regulators and investigative journalists (by the way, we only know this […]