In which we consider the people who take to the streets
Published at 10:32 am on April 5th, 2009
Filed under: Political.
In which we discuss employment in Grimsby, as it’s in the news
Published at 9:58 am on February 2nd, 2009
Filed under: Political.
Nice to see the Grimsby area in the news for once, even if it isn’t very good news. I bet the Grimsby Telegraph‘s news staff have been so excited over the last week, to get some national-quality news to report on, they’ve probably been wetting themselves.*
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Keyword noise: economics, employment, foreigners, Grimsby, Grimsby Telegraph, Immingham, industry, isolationism, jobs, Killingholme, Lincolnshire, Lindsey Oil Refinery, money, North East Lincolnshire, oil, protest, racism, refinery, strike, unemployment, xenophobia.
Well, no, that’s not quite true. I was never a Farepak customer. My mother, on the other hand, was at one time, so I’ve been keeping an interested eye on the slow-burning news that has followed Farepak’s collapse.
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Keyword noise: budgeting, capitalism, credit unions, economics, Farepak, hampers, money, poverty, saving.
In which we sort out the nation's budget
Published at 8:19 am on March 22nd, 2006
Filed under: Political.
As that nice Mr Brown of Ferryhills Road is going to deliver his budget this afternoon, I thought it would be a good idea to give him a few tips. So, in nice easily-digested bullet-point form, here’s the Symbolic Forest Budget 2006 – quick, clear the BBC1 schedule and get Evan Davies on standby!*
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Keyword noise: budget, economics, Gordon Brown, taxation, Big Dave.