But the importance of this sale lies in what it signposts - there are suggestions of a `fire sale' of government assets to fund the unimaginable amounts of money the government has used to bail out the banks. The Indy gives us a useful list of other family silver the government is considering selling off, including the Ordnance Survey, the Met Office, the Covent Garden Authority and the Tote. I can't see any of these being regarded as quite as valuable as the AWE, to be honest.
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But the importance of this sale lies in what it signposts - there are suggestions of a `fire sale' of government assets to fund the unimaginable amounts of money the government has used to bail out the banks. The Indy gives us a useful list of other family silver the government is considering selling off, including the Ordnance Survey, the Met Office, the Covent Garden Authority and the Tote. I can't see any of these being regarded as quite as valuable as the AWE, to be honest.
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...and here we go...
Anyway, we're now a month away from the publication of Europe In Autumn in the States, and about six weeks away from publication here. And here is…
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A Modest Announcement
Remember many, many years ago when I kept posting word counts for the novel I was writing? Well, I finally finished the damn thing, and anyway, this.…
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Spam
Has this stuff been coming in since the Russians took over?
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