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All change – UK votes to leave
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
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Tagged Boris Johnson, Brexit, David Cameron, Employment, Europe, Farage, Leave, pension, pensions, Poland
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Too saucy with the gods….the day of reckoning is upon us!
Note; this blog was written before I voted – I had a bad feeling then and nothing since has changed that feeling. On the night Cassius and the conspirators are plotting to murder Caesar, thunder and lightning shake the … Continue reading
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Tagged Brexit, Cameron, Julius Caesar, Leave, referendym, Remain, Shaekspeare, vote
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Don’t tell me “this feels momentous”
Does this feel momentous to you? If we remain in the EU, as the bookies tell us we will, we will be where we were before this sad sorry saga began, with diminished credibility. If we leave, we will be … Continue reading
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Tagged Brexit, Business, Cameron, Employment, Jo Cox, Leadership, Leave, pensions, Remain, Retirement
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Please vote – out of respect.
If you read no other article this weekend, read this by the Fleet Street Fox. It says what I was trying to say in an amateurish way yesterday, it talks of Jo Cox’s death as a wake-up call to those of … Continue reading
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Tagged Brendan Cox, Brexit, Employment, EU, Jo Cox, MP, pensions, Referendum, Remain, Retirement, Society, vote
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Mounting frustration with politicians
Last night I presented to a small group of Finance Director’s in the City, not the masters of the universe type, but the guys who keep our insurance broking and reinsurance industry on the straight and narrow. They wanted me … Continue reading
Look before you leap – in all things!
The man on the boundary I had a very relaxed conversation with a fund manager on the boundary yesterday. The chap I was talking to was a fund manager , conversation turned to the fixed costs of the fund – … Continue reading
A tale of two failures. (BHS and Tata Steel)
BHS and Tata Steel; they have a lot in common BHS is a failed retailer, a tired brand with 11,000 employees and a medium sized pension scheme with a hole in it. Tata Steel is a failed steelmaker, an iconic business … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Haldane, BHS, Brexit, Consultation, David Cameron, DWP, June 23rd, pension, pensions, Philip Green, Tata steel, The Pension Regulator
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The circular firing squad
As civil servants in the DWP enter their building in Westminster this morning , they’ll be walking into an atmosphere that makes the Thick of It look like Play School. A new Secretary of State, Stephen Crabb is in place. … Continue reading
Posted in pensions, Pensions Regulator, Politics, Ros Altmann, steve webb
Tagged Brexit, Business, DWP, George Osborne, Iain Duncan Smith, Justin Tomlinson, Leave, pensions, Politics, Priti Patel, Retirement, Shailesh Vara, Steve Webb
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Boris has spoken…
At around 4.45 on a windy Sunday afternoon, Boris shuffled onto a London pavement and delivered the news that he was supporting Brexit and joining Vote Leave. If you haven’t seen the clip (on the Sky news twitter … Continue reading
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Tagged Boris Johnson, Brexit, Cameron, EU, Osborne, Politics, Prime Minister
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