Monthly Archives: June 2016

If you don’t understand hate crime – read this.

Posted on June 30, 2016 by

  This post appeared on my blog last night. It expresses an opinion and my initial reaction was to trash it, as it is not an opinion that I share, indeed it is one I find repulsive. But my reaction … Continue reading →

Posted in pensions | 5 Comments

Sarah Vine and Lady Macbeth

Posted on June 30, 2016 by

The radio reports a leaked email from Mrs Gove to Mr Gove that has a touch of Lady Macbeth about it. “Beware Johnson, beware Dacre and Murdoch”. The positioning of the career of Michael Gove above the interests of the country, … Continue reading →

Posted in pensions | Tagged , , , , , | 3 Comments

#PBUK ; pensions and the public

Posted on June 29, 2016 by

  I’d walked through parliament square to get the Pension and Benefits show and thought how a few hours before Jeremy Corbyn had delighted the die-hards where I trod. I’d seen him defiant on my way back from work and … Continue reading →

Posted in pensions | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Make yourself your business leader

Posted on June 28, 2016 by

This morning I published a post by Stephen Kelly, CEO of Sage – you can read it here. Kelly published on a terrible day for the Sage share price Leaders lead, when they are up against the ropes they take … Continue reading →

Posted in pensions | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

A rallying cry for Britain from Sage’s Stephen Kelly

Posted on June 28, 2016 by

Carpe Diem The impact of Thursday’s vote moved on swiftly from shock and surprise to confusion this weekend, as it became clear that there are no certainties about what happens next.  But whilst the politicians obsess over inter-party vendettas and … Continue reading →

Posted in pensions, Sage | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Meditation XVII – John Donne (PJ Harvey)

Posted on June 27, 2016 by

Well done PJ Harvey for reading this out at Glastonbury. PERCHANCE he for whom this bell tolls may be so ill, as that he knows not it tolls for him; and perchance I may think myself so much better than … Continue reading →

Posted in pensions | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

The Coalition worked- this doesn’t!

Posted on June 27, 2016 by

A tale of two Governments In 2010, after a shock result, Britain found itself Governed by a ConLib coalition. No one gave it much chance of working but it di, The Clegg/Cameron coalition brought considerable benefit to the country and … Continue reading →

Posted in pensions | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

Sorry tales from the riverbank.

Posted on June 26, 2016 by

I am on the river at last and Lady Lucy is in good shape for her five day Henley escapade. I had thought that escaping to Hurley and the Thames to have put behind me the tension from the referendum, … Continue reading →

Posted in advice gap, pensions | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

A decision that may hurt the EU more.

Posted on June 25, 2016 by

My prodigal brother Albert (aka Mincer) has been advising his followers on twitter to bet on “leave” – notably over the days leading up to the referendum when we all had concluded “remain” a racing certainty. He was right and the bookies … Continue reading →

Posted in pensions | 3 Comments

All change – UK votes to leave

Posted on June 24, 2016 by

I write at 6 am, at exactly the point when “vote leave won”. There will be many blogs written trying to make sense of the vote, this will not be one of them. I voted remain and at mid-day yesterday, … Continue reading →

Posted in pensions | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments