Note that Mandelson was desperate for a CubAm, in the emails. A cigar, presumably. (View Post)

a His drinking skills are pretty good, as well. (View Post)

And there were people who got upset with my recounting the story of Tebbit, Brian Redhead and the unemployment figures.... 'Twas ever thus. Good news rarely leads. (View Post)

The trick is to build in filters to make it difficult for the ambitious, crap ones to get to the top. Instead of the ambitious, good ones. A big problem is that the chumocracy we have actively despis… (View Post)

I think the motives of Epstein and chums are somewhat suspect. They are damned by their documented actions. As is the motives of those who commit fraud in the City, Mandy emailing people on how to bl… (View Post)