Tag Archives: George Osborne

Olympics 2012 – what it’s made me change.

Posted on September 9, 2012 by henry tapper

I will never look at someone with cerebral palsy or any other disability in the same way again. The Paralympics have broken taboos I did not know I had, taboos broken by stories of prosthetic limbs being hurled around the olympic village as much … Continue reading →

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Christmas naif

Posted on December 24, 2011 by henry tapper

Christmas naif that I am! Continue reading →

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A riot of my own

Posted on August 9, 2011 by henry tapper

If you don’t get the reference , you probably didn’t grow up in the late 70s, but here’s White Riot by the Clash in case you thought waht we’ve seen over the past three nights is anything new.

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#Budget11; a budget about #pensions

Posted on March 24, 2011 by henry tapper

Budget 11 is a pensions bombshell Continue reading →

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Lord Hutton, longevity and financial planning

Posted on November 2, 2010 by henry tapper

I would go beyond Lord Hutton’s immediate proposals and suggest that we have a series of key valuation factors for all the various forms of pensions we belong to. These factors would provide a benchmark , deviation from which would be justified by specific, clearly disclosed circumstances.
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Wayne’s world

Posted on October 22, 2010 by henry tapper

Some say it was Coleen, some Coleen’s Mum but we say it was Ian Holloway that swung Wayne round and back into the paternal arms of Sir Alex. If you haven’t seen Ian’s rant you can watch it here. Thanks … Continue reading →

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Fake tax for the rich, real cuts for the rest

Posted on October 22, 2010 by henry tapper

The Treasury stand accused of faking a £4bn pa tax on 100,000 of the super-rich. George Osborne stands accused of using this fake tax to justify draconian cuts on the wider population.

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