Margaret Thatcher thought destroying Britain's traditional firms would automatically result in modern manufacturing ones taking their place. She was spectacularly wrong of course, the replacing businesses being ephemeral ones in the unnecessary services sector, such firms as Party Ingredients and Party Balloons, vanishing with the next recession.
The French revolution and a few others resulted in better societies, but they were more about replacing a ruling system than a political system.
Most (not all)of his proposals are not unreasonable. I know the Coal Mines inspectorate could turn up at anytime. Giving companies warning that health and safety are coming is like ringing your wife's lover to tell him what time you'll be home.Good job Tories have got Corbyn. They, d be sunk without him.
Jeremy Corbyn's wants to hand huge powers to unions
Jeremy Corbyn said he wanted to give UK state officials the right to enter workplaces and prosecute bosses. The worst offenders could even be sent to prison. Pictured, at the TUC Congress today.mol.im
Why not, they have their Boris Johnsons too.Ignoring hickups like Robespierre and Napoleon?
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it's the nature of their specialised trade.Hong Kong stock exchange proposes surprise £32bn merger with LSE – as it happened
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news
I thought this was very interesting.
Seems global business isn’t bothered about Brexit at all.
Of course they responded to Brexit.. the LSE was 16% cheaper to buy!. This is the other side of the equation. When your currency drops, the vultures circle. Even more interesting is that the timing is now. They are assuming a rally in the value of Sterling..otherwise why buy now?. That indicates that they believe a soft or no Brexit.Hong Kong stock exchange proposes surprise £32bn merger with LSE – as it happened
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news
I thought this was very interesting.
Seems global business isn’t bothered about Brexit at all.
Of course not, we all know Brexit is good news for the wealthy.Hong Kong stock exchange proposes surprise £32bn merger with LSE – as it happened
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news
I thought this was very interesting.
Seems global business isn’t bothered about Brexit at all.
I've mentioned this before.. Life expectancy is misleading because of infant mortality bringing the average down. If you lived to be an adult you had a good chance of living to a good age,
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But we all know ferries are figments of Grayling's imagination.
Yes.to an extent,and the frequent wars culled out a lot of younger men, and the coal mining and coal burning a few others , TB was virtually a death sentence,but nowhere as effective a killer as cholera or bad sewage. Only the wealthiest could expect to live beyond 60 ,and increasingly miserable.I've mentioned this before.. Life expectancy is misleading because of infant mortality bringing the average down. If you lived to be an adult you had a good chance of living to a good age,
Why Life Expectancy Is Misleading - Priceonomics
We don't outlive our ancestors as much as we think.
