My guess is that the pejorative connotations of "Baron" originate in WWI. The title Baron was far more frequent use in the German speaking states and many schoolboy will have identified suc… (View Post)
Scoring Guide to tomorrow's UK Masters+0.5% up Hole in One, Drinks all round +0.4% to +0.5% Eagle +0.2% to +0.3% Birdie -------------------------------------- +0.1% to -0.1% Par ---------------------… (View Post)
Of course, but the bond investors are far more hard nosed. The Eurozone plunging into recession would lead to widespread defaults and haircuts, not something any bond investor wants. So the drive for… (View Post)
One certain thing this morning is that 'Sir' Robert Chote is not in Patisserie Valerie sharing a croissant with Roger. The OBR were due to publish their commentary on the ONS Public Finances Release … (View Post)
Very good work, Sunil. You should licence SeanT to use the graph in his next Telegraph blog. The implications are sufficiently explosive to justify the kind of cautious wording for which Sean is so r… (View Post)