Monthly Archives: March 2012

“I felt I’d helped”

Posted on March 31, 2012 by

What I am most keen to do, is to make sure that the pride that drove the simple words “I felt I helped”, is remembered and used by the youngsters when times get tough again.

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Make NEST the dustbin of our pension dreams?

Posted on March 30, 2012 by

We all like the idea of having all our retirement funds in a big pot which we can manage efficiently and value easily. But not at any price! This link takes you to a version of Aegon’s submission to Government on “operation … Continue reading →

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The kids are more right

Posted on March 29, 2012 by

We all move at different speeds; some of us use the web like our front room and share it with others without a second thought. Some of us see the web and the social sites with fear and loathing. I listened … Continue reading →

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How digitization is changing our lives

Posted on March 28, 2012 by

Here is a good presentation from Booz & Co  Watch the video by pressing the link. To those on the cutting edge – this is old hat. But there is a lag between what’s happening on the edge and how the rest of … Continue reading →

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#Fanpowerstadium Yeovil Town

Posted on March 27, 2012 by

I once thought if you blew hear enough in a certain direction you would create a vacuum between you and your breath into which your body would move so that eventually you would end up where you blew. This idea … Continue reading →

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Hose down RBS and Coutts before you put them on the forecourt.

Posted on March 27, 2012 by

There is a Coutts cash point in my high street – Eton High Street. It charges other bank’s customers for the privilege of using it. You can do that if you have the banking cachet that Coutts believes it has. Most … Continue reading →

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We don’t follow the Bournemouth.

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

For most of my life, I supported AFC Bournemouth (or Bournemouth and Boscombe FC as they were). I switched my allegiance to Yeovil some eight years ago , disgusted by the goings on at the club. My brother Greg persisted but on … Continue reading →

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Steve Webb’s good week

Posted on March 24, 2012 by

Now anyone who can talk of a “regulatory regime which allows 1000 flowers to bloom” has got to have been taking the happy pills. Continue reading →

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It’s not what you say – it’s what you do!

Posted on March 23, 2012 by

Here is a heart warming story about a man named Barry who works for Kwikfit in Brentford. He is the the hero of this blog – there are some nameless villains but they shall be forgotten – this blog is about Barry. About … Continue reading →

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Now more than ever we need to remember why universal benefits are important

Posted on March 21, 2012 by

Now more than ever we need to remember why universal benefits are important.

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