Tag Archives: England
The Auld Alliance shows up boring England!
I was with my mother yesterday so we watched the rugby. At 93 she has become a fan and after watching Scotland beat France 50-40 I could see why. I decided to stay for the second leg which was … Continue reading
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A positive week for Britain and for pensions
I am now back from Scotland, I had a positive time up there in the company of people who were running their DB pension schemes on. These included the universities at Belfast and Cardiff who have schemes for their non-teaching … Continue reading
What kind of patriotism do you subscribe to?
I spent Saturday night travelling through West London to Sloane Square to watch the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain . On the way we passed families returning to Slough draped in English flags. We didn’t want to cross central … Continue reading
There’s only two Henry Tappers! (out of 800m active users of Linked in!)
It is difficult to get out of Microsoft (owners of Linkedin) how many active users there are. John Espirian reckons there are just under 800m “active” but 1.1 billion accounts. A lot (300m) of dead people, people on more than … Continue reading
Wonderful cricket – productivity low this morning!
I seem incapable of doing the simplest thing , like making an appointment, I will restrict myself to this thank you to cricket for making us all remember one of the best series there can ever have been. With 7 … Continue reading
Roarsome Lionesses!
For the second Euros in a row, England is champion and us blokes must recognise our women as winners. We men haven’t won a tournament of any magnitude since I was 4 in 1966. Our women are winners , I … Continue reading
Something to say about woman’s football – “Ann-Katrin Berger”.
I was having a good evening getting stuck into my wife and the Windsor Ukulele band getting stuck into their new set at the Swan. It was halftime and I popped on the phone to see what was going on … Continue reading
Is National Insurance working against Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
I am grateful for the Guardian bringing this question up on a day when I will be with the LGPS. The costs of welfare to employers in the LGPS are not just their LGPS bill but the cost of meeting … Continue reading
Steve Hodder and Calum Cooper; todays pension heavyweights on DB pensions
If you want stereo definition of what has just happened, this blog offers it. Here are two of my favorite consultants (who clearly like each other) , explaining the momentous events happening to pensions. I know this is not about … Continue reading
England – great sides don’t do that!
Why do great sides never lose in the last minute? The answer is simple, “great” sides are winners and much as I dislike the reliance on braun rather than brain that characterises South Africa and France at the moment, they … Continue reading