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Random facts about funhouse Britain from Thus

April 14, 2009 – 12:30 pm

In no particular order, and with no special weighting, here are a few facts gleaned from the media with help from friends of Thus at Ten. Please feel free to send in your own facts. We need them in this era of spin and errant fantasy: 68% of Britons believe that MP’s salaries are ‘too [...]

By John Kelly | Posted in Culture, Policy, Politics, Social studies, Sociology, UK politics, consumerism, consumers, retail | Also tagged 000 UK council employees paid six figure salaries, 100, 100000 council workers paid six-figure salaries, 300000 NHS workers are obese, 42% of Brits think MPs abuse the system, 68% of Britons believe that MP’s salaries are too generous, 68% of Brits believe MPs are overpaid, 800000 UK more people are fearful, Fred Goodwin, post office, RBS, RBS Fred Goodwin spent £100000 per month on chauffeurs, Ten, UK deficit 2.7% more than forecast, Uk government spends £400 milliom pa on advertising, UK post Office spends £1 million on rubber bands, UK Post office spends £1 million PA on elastic bands | Comments Off

German Heretics Say Flash Gordon is not Saviour of the Universe

December 13, 2008 – 12:48 am

. . . in fact, they are implying that Gordon is a Moron after all. By John J. Kelly In a move unprecedented in Europe since Martin Luther said the Pope wasn’t a Catholic, German Finance Minister Peter Steinbrueck called Gordon Brown’s “crass Keynesianism” breathtaking – but not in a good way. Following the rude [...]

By John Kelly | Posted in Business, EU policy, Economics, Europe, Finance, Policy, Politics, UK politics | Also tagged Angela Merkel, Banking Crisis, Bradford and Bingley, David Miliband, Euro, European Central Bank, Finance, George Osborne, Gordon Brown, HBOS, Keynesianism, MFI, Peter Mandelson, Peter Steinbrueck, Robert Peston, Santander, Sarkozy, Steffen Kampeter, UK government, Woolworths | Comments Off

The Great Train Robbers

November 24, 2008 – 11:18 am

The iniquity of the UK train operators’ stranglehold on a captive traveller since the botched 1993 privatisation, when a patchwork of mini-monopolies replaced the monolithic British Rail is well-documented. The network itself – tracks, stations, signals, overhead electric cables and all the costly stuff needed to run a railway – collapsed accordingly and was taken [...]

By John Kelly | Posted in Business, Cinema, Environment, Finance, Politics, UK politics, rail, transport | Also tagged cartel, Economics, Environment, monopolies, privatisation, rail, state monopoly, train surfing, transport | Comments (1)