By Stephen Foster on January 30, 2012
Well maybe not Labour leader Ed Miliband although it’s surprising that no-one has reminded him yet that RBS boss Stephen Hester’s generous deal at the nearly-nationalised bank was struck by former Labour PM Gordon Brown and chancellor Alistair Darling. And that it was Labour that decided that some public sector ‘workers’, like GPs and hospital [...]
Posted in Media, News, Politics, PR | Tagged Alistair Darling, bankers, bonus, coalition government, David Cameron, Ed Miliband, George Osborne, Gordon Brown, hunting pinks, Labour, pr disaster, RBS, Stephen Hester, Vince Cable
By Stephen Foster on July 23, 2010
Almost certainly it is as growth of 1.1 per cent between April and June, the highest since 1999, would indicate an annual growth rate of 4.4 per cent, way ahead of even the most optimistic forecasts and one which would have the Bank of England ratcheting up interest rates to cool the economy as if [...]
Posted in Finance, News, Politics | Tagged Alistair Darling, George Osborne, UK growth surprise, WPP, zenithoptimedia
By Stephen Foster on April 29, 2010
No they won’t in any detail because the notion that the UK, under whichever government, is about to go in for swingeing spending cuts is complete nonsense. Only one government since the end of World War Two has actually cut public expenditure in real terms and that was Attlee’s Labour government after the end of [...]
Posted in Finance, News, Politics | Tagged Alistair Darling, Mervyn King, party leaders, Robert Chote, UK deficit
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