Category Archives: ezra pound
Honest! Open Government in operation!
The word “transparent” is a syllable too long to be “honest”. Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, brand, dc pensions, de-risking, ezra pound, NEST, Ricky Gervais, social media, TS Eliot
Tagged Aaron Swartz, Labour, O'Reilly Media, Open Government, pension, Ricky Gervais, Steve Webb, United States
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“Knowing but not doing is nothing”.
So says the sage of Newbury – Peter Shellswell – he of the Popcorn Pension. I share his intellectual property as you know not of what he talks nor what “something”might be! Well I’ll let you into his secret, he was … Continue reading
Seafaring
My mood ‘mid the mere-flood,
Over the whale’s acre, would wander wide Continue reading
Posted in ezra pound, poetry
Tagged Anglo-Saxon, Earth Sciences, ezra pound, Health, History, Iceland, International Maritime Bureau, On-base percentage, pension, Philippine, poetry, Seafarer, seafaring, William Laud
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Well you’ve got to laugh..Cameron, Fogarty, Mourinho, me..
Two matters have made me chuckle this morning.
Posted in ezra pound, Facebook, pension playpen, pensions, twitter
Tagged Angela Eagle, BBC Radio 5 Live, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, David Cameron, Ed Balls, ezra pound, Facebook, Grosvenor House Hotel, History, Humour, Laughter, Nicky Campbell, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Prime Minister's Questions, Shelagh Fogarty, Society, twitter
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The State can take longevity risk.
There is no evidence that the private sector has found the secret to insuring the cost of people living longer. It has merely found ways of insuring itself against the risks of ruin.
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Posted in ezra pound, NEST, poetry, Retirement
Tagged corporate risk, European Union, ezra pound, Financial services, Government, Life annuity, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pension, Pension new, Pension Poverty, Pension Protection Fund, Pensions, Persnal Accounts, poetry, Politics, Private sector, public sector, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement, The PEnsion Regulator
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I am weary of being weary of politics
Here error is all in the not done- all in the diffidence that faltered… Continue reading
Biker to Banker
Cycling through the city this morning I saw a well-dressed banker walk into the road attached to his mobile phone. After doing an emergency stop, the cyclist in front of me asked “excuse me sir, is this road part of your PFI … Continue reading
Posted in ezra pound, joy division, pensions
Tagged cycling, ezra pound, joy division, mozart, Pension new, Pensions, pensions
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